 External to individual

 The members perceive society and

its experiences as a contstraints
upon their lives.
- Perucci and Knudsen

A large social groupings whose

Includes the totality of social memebers share the same
organizations and the complex geographical territory and are
network of interconnected, subject to the political authority
interdependent, and
overlapping social SOCIETY and dominant cultural
expectations.
relationships.

Collection of
Individuals Interaction
stability
among members

Mutual
Groups are awareness
dynamics

CHARACTERISTICS
OF SOCIAL GROUPS

Size of the “we”-feeling

groups

Group norms Group unity and

solidarity

Common
interests