TYPES OF SOCIAL INTERACTION

TOPIC- 2 -TYPES OF SOCIAL INTERACTION
Seven broad types of social interaction seem to be universal , that is , apply to all humanity . They are
(1) cooperation
(2) conflict
(3) competition
(4) coerion
(5) exchange
(6) assimilation
(7) amalgamation.
The most significant type of social interaction is cooperation , a process in which individuals or groups act together in order to promote common intersts or shared goals , which might otherwise be difficult or impossible to achieve individually . In a broad sense , all social life is based on cooperation . People get together in groups and societies to adapt to the environment and to meet environmental threats such as floods , famine and pestilence ; they work together to meet individual needs and to get protection from threats of other societies . Society would be impossible withouta minimum of co-operative effort.
Sociologists Robert Nisbet has noted four main types of cooperation . The oldest and most universal is spontaneous cooperation , or mutual aid . It orises out of the needs of a situation as….