SOA 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Social Group, Groupthink, Ingroups And Outgroups
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Social group two or more people who identify with and interact with one another. Made up of people with shared experiences, loyalties, and interests. People who share a status (women, homeowner, soldier, millionaire, college graduate, roman catholic) are not a group, they are a category. Crowd a loosely formed collection of people. Social groups are of two types, depending on their members" degree of personal concern for one another. Primary group a small social group whose members share personal and lasting relationships. Secondary group a large and impersonal social group whose members pursue a specific goal or activity o o. Groups typically benefit from two kinds of leadership. Instrumental leadership group leadership that focuses on the completion of tasks. Expressive leadership group leadership that focuses on the groups well being. Authoritarian leadership focuses on instrumental concerns, takes personal charge of decision making concerns, takes personal charge of decision making and demands that group members obey orders o o.
