Social circle
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Social circle refers to the group of typical social positions related to a given social position, their typical social interactions and social relations. Social circle is an important factor determining what people a person in this circle will met.
People on a given social position are likely to meet people from various social contexes of their social enviroment. For example, a doctor of medicine will meet not only other doctors, but also patients, nurses, administrative staff, technical staff, etc. Thus every individual - every social position - is surrounded by a circle of other individuals - social positions - and social relations, typical to his social position (i.e. likely every doctor will meet patiens, nurses, etc. no matter his background, culture, age, etc.).
People are members of several social circles, as they usually have several social position (for example, a doctor may also be a lecturer, a father and a member of a skiing club). Each of this social circles will create some pressures and have some expectations, and they may be contradicitory (for example, spend time with patients, students, family, friends). This may lead to social conflicts.
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