Primary Groups: they are small groups, your best friends and the closer people you have. They give you security, they help you emotionally and financially.
Secondary Groups: This groups are larger, they are not that personal and they are short term. There is a weak emotional ties between people.
Group Conformity: Groups have a significant degree of influence over people´s attitudes and actions. Pressures to conform to group desires.
Groupthink: All members of a group are impelled, by loyalty and trust, to accept. Perception that there is only one correct answer, it is potentially dangerous.
Reference Groups: Reactions from family and friends are important indicators like Interracial dating, changing jobs or moving away,
Ingroups and Outgroups: They foster loyalty but also generate conflict.
- Ingroups: social group toward which members feel respect and loyalty.
- Outgroups: Social group toward which a person feels a sense of competition or opposition.
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Know who you are with!