1. Groups and Formal Organizations
Chapter 6

2. At least two or more people who have one or more goals in common and share common ways of thinking and behaving
Regular contact, similar thinking, interests, behaviors
Friends, teammates, family
Group

3. Social category People who share a social characteristic
Men, women, baseball players, teachers
What social categories do you belong to?
Social category

4. People temporarily in the same place at the same time
Social aggregate

5. People who are emotionally close, know one another well, and seek one another’s company
Primary group

6. Interactions are intimate, personal, caring, and fulfilling
Family, significant others, friends
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Primary relationship

7. Secondary group and relationship
People who share only part of their lives while focusing on a goal or task
Impersonal interactions involving limited parts of personalities
Secondary group and relationship