COMM 1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Communication Apprehension, Social Currency, Physical Attractiveness
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We consider a collection of individuals a group when there are more than two people who share some kind of relationship, communicate in an interdependent fashion, and collaborate toward some shared purpose. Members of a group perceive themselves as a group. That is, they share a sense of identity: they recognize other members of the group, have specific feelings toward those individuals, and experience a sense of belonging. Members of a group usually identify with one another because they have one or more goals in common. Members of a group are connected to one another and communicate in an interdependent way. Simply put, the behavior of each member affects the behavior of every other member. This interdependence is fostered by the way that group members adopt specific roles and collaborate to accomplish their goals. The most common among them are called primary groups longlasting groups that form around the relationships that mean the most to their members. (family)
