Social groups refer to the group of people whom we have an association with. They go a long way in help us identifying ourselves. Our character and behavior are determined to a great extent by the social groups that we associate ourselves with. Since, it is impossible to judge a person solely through his actions, it is by means of groups that we decipher the innate qualities and aspirations of a person. In today's modern world, people take decisions based on discussions held among their close friends who most probably form a group. Consequently, the influence of social groups can be found at each and every stage of our lives.
First of all, when a child is born into a family, the persons whom the child knows are his or her parents. As a result, the child learns new habits and develops an idiosyncracy of himself by imbibing the qualities he likes from his or her parents. Additionally, the other people in the child's home contribute significantly towards the development of the child's character. Thus, the first kind of social group that a person encounters when introduced into this world is his or her parents.
As time goes on, children move on to school and here, the peer group influence plays a major role. As the saying goes "Birds of same kind flock together". Thus the children associate themselves with like-minded people and form friends. Further, they discuss all sorts of relevant issues within themselves, create policies to determine which kind of behavior is right or wrong etc... This behavior is exemplified in majority of the schools, wherein we can find gangs among the students - formed due to like-minded thinking among the students in a group. Eventually, the children develop moral behavior and qualities as a result of linking themselves with their peer group.
In the corporate world, the quality or the nature of an individual can be determined by the nature of profession that a person occupies in the company. A highly estimable post is attributed to the person's hardwork; At the same time, if a person happens to be an ordinary clerk, then he is deemed to be associating himself with mean people who do not have financial power or are illiterate. The kind of company environment affects the behavior of the employees to a great extent. For instance, if the rules in the company are lax, then hardly will any employee take efforts to complete the work in time; a majority of the employees will turn out not to complete the work within time and ultimately the morale of the employee will go down. In contrast, if an employee finds himself in the most devoted work environment, the environment will itself instill a sense of confidence in him and motivate him to reach greater heights irrespective of his qualification or calibre. Thus, the work environment plays a major role in determining the behavior of employees.
Moreover, considering the case of politics, we have several factions or parties competing for the ruling post, because each one has different set of motives. For instance, in the United States, we have two major parties: The Democratics and The Republicans; Each one has unique set of ideals and strives towards the development of the nation. By examining which party a person belongs to or associate himselves with, we can come to a conclusion about the belief held by the person. This case is applicable to party workers, who choose to devote their lives for the party because of the ideals found in the concerned party allures them to a great extent. Hence, identification with political parties also pave way for extracting the nature of a person without delving deep into his activities.
Some may argue that identification with social groups does not completely identify a person and can sometimes lead to us in a misleading direction. These people seem to claim that, the persons associated with a group may not necessarily possess the same characteristics as other members of the group. But this case occurs very rarely; only when a person relates himself with multiple contradictory political parties, we cannot come to a conclusion of the real nature of a person. However, in most of the cases, a person's character is reflected by the social party that he associates himselves with.
Thus, social groups help shape us right from the moment of our birth till we end up our lives. During each stage of our life, we associate oursleves with social groups that guides us to tackle the pitfalls and misadventures that we encounter in our lives. While it is true that social groups do not paint a complete picture of an individual, for the most part of the case, we will be able to clearly delineate the character of the individual.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 108, Rule ID: ADVISE_VBG[9]
Message: The verb 'help' is used with infinitive: 'to identify' or 'identify'.
Suggestion: to identify; identify
...ion with. They go a long way in help us identifying ourselves. Our character and behavior a...
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Line 5, column 166, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Thus,
...irds of same kind flock together'. Thus the children associate themselves with ...
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Line 11, column 10, Rule ID: MASS_AGREEMENT[2]
Message: Possible agreement error - use third-person verb forms for singular and mass nouns: 'argues'.
Suggestion: argues
...g deep into his activities. Some may argue that identification with social groups ...
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Line 11, column 514, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'persons'' or 'person's'?
Suggestion: persons'; person's
...erson. However, in most of the cases, a persons character is reflected by the social pa...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, consequently, first, hence, however, if, may, moreover, so, still, then, thus, while, for instance, in contrast, kind of, as a result, first of all, it is true, to a great extent
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.5258426966 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 12.4196629213 105% => OK
Conjunction : 23.0 14.8657303371 155% => OK
Relative clauses : 20.0 11.3162921348 177% => OK
Pronoun: 70.0 33.0505617978 212% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 124.0 58.6224719101 212% => Less preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 16.0 12.9106741573 124% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3920.0 2235.4752809 175% => OK
No of words: 801.0 442.535393258 181% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.89388264669 5.05705443957 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.31995708593 4.55969084622 117% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.80891782377 2.79657885939 100% => OK
Unique words: 350.0 215.323595506 163% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.43695380774 0.4932671777 89% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 1224.0 704.065955056 174% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 14.0 6.24550561798 224% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 15.0 4.99550561798 300% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 9.0 3.10617977528 290% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 9.0 4.38483146067 205% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 34.0 20.2370786517 168% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 23.0359550562 100% => OK
Sentence length SD: 47.4592522364 60.3974514979 79% => OK
Chars per sentence: 115.294117647 118.986275619 97% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.5588235294 23.4991977007 100% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.55882352941 5.21951772744 107% => OK
Paragraphs: 7.0 4.97078651685 141% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 4.0 7.80617977528 51% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 20.0 10.2758426966 195% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 12.0 4.83258426966 248% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.201037662945 0.243740707755 82% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0581469939783 0.0831039109588 70% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.047498444594 0.0758088955206 63% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.110266668019 0.150359130593 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0599414584294 0.0667264976115 90% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.4 14.1392134831 95% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 56.59 48.8420337079 116% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 12.1743820225 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.38 12.1639044944 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.11 8.38706741573 97% => OK
difficult_words: 169.0 100.480337079 168% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 11.8971910112 71% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 11.2143820225 100% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum six paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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