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17 Cards in this Set
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a collection of people who happen to be in the same place at the same time
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aggregate
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people with similar social characteristics or a common status
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category
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2 or more people who interact in patterned ways, have a feeling of unity, and share interests and expectations
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social group
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people who regularly interact and have close and enduring relationships
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primary group
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2 or more people who interact on a formal and impersonal basis to accomplish a specific objective
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secondary group
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a group with which people identify and have a sense of belonging
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in group
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a group that people do not identify with and consider less worthy and less desirable that their own
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out group
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material or symbolic devices that identify who is inside or outside a group
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social boundaries
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groups that people refer to when evaluating their personal qualities, circumstances, attitudes, values, and behaviors
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reference groups
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a 2 person group
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dyad
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a 3 person group
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triad
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decision making that ignores alternative solutions in order to maintain group harmony
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groupthink
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secondary groups that are formally organized to achieve specific goals
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formal organizations
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a large scale organization that uses rules, hierarchal ranking, and a rational worldview to achieve maximum efficiency
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bureaucracy
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workers conform to rules and procedures to such a degree that they become more important than goals
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bureaucratic ritualism
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the tendency of group members to shift toward extreme positions-either conservative or high risk-during the decision making process
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group polarization phenomenon
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rank and authority increase as one moves from the bottom to the top of the bureaucracy
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hierarchy
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