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Kinds of Groups
Group Dynamics
Volunteer associations
Most Important Concepts in sociology…
Several meanings of “group” in the sociological literature…
Any physical collection of people
A number of people who share some common
characteristics.
A number of people who share some organized patterns of
recurrent interaction.
Any number of people who share consciousness of
membership together and of interaction.
Can be defined as two or more humans who interact with
one another, share similar characteristics and collectively
have a sense of unity.
It is through group experience that human beings become
distinctively human.