TYPES OF SOCIAL INTERACTION 3

Topic – 3 - TYPES OF SOCIAL INTERACTION
Competition is kind of co-operative conflict . In competition , individuals or groups struggle to reach the same goals but their main concern is directed towards the goals and not towards the competitors . As in conflict , one competitor will attain the goal.
To prevent competition from degenerating into conflict , it is necessary for the parties to agree on the "rules of the game" and stick to them . This applies to competition in the market-place , competition among students in the class-room , and competition between foot-ball teams.
Conflict is "the process of social interaction in which two or more persons struggle with one another for some commonly prized object or value" . It is the opposite of co-operation , defeat of an opponent is considered essential for achieving the desired goal . Conflicts because the benefits and rewards of a society are relatively limited . In pursuing these scarce resources , the interests of individuals clash , each individual tries to subdue the others to satisfy his own desires.
The sociologist George Simuel identified four major types of conflict :
(1) war between groups
(2) feuds or factional strife withen groups
(3)litigation conflict that is handled legally and may be settled at courts)
(4) the of impersonal ideals.
Conflicts over ideals , rather than over some desired material , have often been the most merciless and destructive.