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    Groups are made up of people who interact and have a sense of belonging together. There are two main types of groups: primary groups whose members have close face-to-face contact and shape each other's social identities, and secondary groups whose members may not meet in person but are aware of their connections during social crises. Groups are characterized by interaction patterns, stable relationship structures like roles and norms, goals, a sense of shared identity, interdependent dynamics between members, and the motivations that satisfy individual needs.

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    Groups are made up of people who interact and have a sense of belonging together. There are two main types of groups: primary groups whose members have close face-to-face contact and shape each other's social identities, and secondary groups whose members may not meet in person but are aware of their connections during social crises. Groups are characterized by interaction patterns, stable relationship structures like roles and norms, goals, a sense of shared identity, interdependent dynamics between members, and the motivations that satisfy individual needs.

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    Groups are made up of people who interact and have a sense of belonging together. There are two main types of groups: primary groups whose members have close face-to-face contact and shape each other's social identities, and secondary groups whose members may not meet in person but are aware of their connections during social crises. Groups are characterized by interaction patterns, stable relationship structures like roles and norms, goals, a sense of shared identity, interdependent dynamics between members, and the motivations that satisfy individual needs.

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    DEFINITION

    A group is made up of any number of people who have a sense of belonging and
    interaction. A group is not just a group of people, but a group of people who act and
    interact with each other as they live. As a member, one must be a part of the group's daily
    life and activities.

    TYPES OF GROUPS

    Charles Cooley said that the primary group is made up of people who have a lot
    of face-to-face contact and work together. They are important in many ways, but the most
    important one is that they play a big role in shaping the individual's social nature and
    ideas. If you spend a lot of time with someone, your psychological state changes so that
    you start to see each other as part of a bigger whole. For example, for many purposes,
    your very own life and goals are part of the group's common life and goals. Perhaps the
    easiest way to describe this wholeness is to say that it is a "we." It has the kind of
    sympathy and mutual identification for which "we" is the natural word. It's important to live
    in a way that makes you feel like you're part of something bigger than yourself. Charles
    Cooley said that the primary group is made up of people who have a lot of face-to-face
    contact and work together. They are important in many ways, but the most important one
    is that they play a big role in shaping the individual's social nature and ideas. If you spend
    a lot of time with someone, your psychological state changes so that you start to see each
    other as part of a bigger whole. For example, for many purposes, your very own life and
    goals are part of the group's common life and goals. Perhaps the easiest way to describe
    this wholeness is to say that it is a "we." It has the kind of sympathy and mutual
    identification for which "we" is the natural word. It's important to live in a way that makes
    you feel like you're part of something bigger than yourself.

    Secondary Group: People who don't have to meet face-to-face or have intimate
    and personal relationships to be in this group. When there is a social crisis, the members
    are aware of these relationships and pay attention to them, but they don't feel that their
    lives are tied up in them except for those times. Members may not be able to touch each
    other because of distance or because they don't want to. They may communicate with
    each other through letters, the press, the radio, the telephone, or other ways. They may
    also meet in person.

    CHARACTERISTICS OF GROUPS
    1. Interaction - patterns of mutual influence (physical, verbal, non-verbal, emotional)
    2. Structure - stable patterns of relationships

    a. Roles - behavior expected of members in a given position


    b. Norms - rules that identify and describe appropriate behaviors
    c. Inter-member relations - how they relate (authority, communication)
    3. Goals - reasons for existence
    4. Perceived Groupness - extend to which members see themselves as one
    (common fate, similarity, proximity)
    5. Dynamic Interdependency - extend to which members are active, energized,
    vibrant and changing
    6. Motivation - personal needs / gain being satisfied

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