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| a collection of people who happen to be in the same place at the same time |
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| people with similar social characteristics or a common status |
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| two or more people who interact in patterned ways, have a feeling of unity, and share interests and expectations |
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| people who regularly interact and have close and enduring relationships |
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| two or more people who interact on a formal and impersonal basis to accomplish a specific objective |
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| a group in which people identify and have a sense of belonging |
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| a group that people do not identify with and consider less worthy and less desirable than their own |
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| material or symbolic devices that identify who is inside or outside a group |
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| groups that people refer to when evaluating their personal qualities, circumstances, attitudes, values, and behaviors |
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| decision making that ignores alternative solutions in order to maintain group harmony |
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| secondary groups that are formally organized to achieve specific goals |
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| a large-scale organization that uses rules, hierarchical ranking, and a rational worldview to achieve maximum efficiency |
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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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