People live in groups {group, sociology} {social group} and have social relationships. Social groups have from two people to crowds.
social
People are social. They interact with others in groups and derive satisfaction from groups. They have social interactions and behavior patterns. They have social skills that develop through interactions with others. They belong to social categories and describe others by social category.
social: order
Groups maintain structure {social order}.
social: differentiation
Groups have different roles to cause social differentiation. Industrialization and urbanization increase social differentiation.
roles
Social positions have behavior patterns, roles associated with duties and privileges. Group-member interactions involve power, status, prestige, influence, decisions, and leadership. Roles can interact to make complementary roles. Roles can interfere with each other, causing role conflict. Roles encourage specialization, interdependence, social control, continuity, and learning.
purposes
Groups assemble for specific functions. Groups create shared worlds, which allow information and feeling exchanges. Groups create identifications. Groups share norms. Groups perform common tasks.
risk
Groups take bigger and earlier risks than individuals, because responsibility is diffuse and fear of failure is less.
communication
More group communication makes efficiency less and happiness more. Communication expresses beliefs, goals, intentions, or emotions to audiences that are to understand messages and recognize speaker intentions. Information is commands and requests and transmits through acceptable channels.
communication: non-verbal
Non-verbal communication includes eye contact, laughing, and touching. Speaking emotional tone, open or closed arm and leg positions, interpersonal distance, crossed arms or legs, and pupil size reflect feelings.
competition
Groups can compete to reach same objectives. Competing groups can conflict and try to destroy each other. Conflict tends to make groups tight-knit. Interacting groups can have rivalry and compete to reach same objectives, based on competition rules. Rivalry tends to polarize groups, such as political parties. Independent groups can resolve differences by accommodation.
cooperation
Groups can have joint activities. Cooperation typically benefits weak groups more. Groups can integrate to share communication, dependencies, responsibilities, and attitudes. Groups can assimilate.
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