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• Primary group


  Members conduct themselves informally, interact spontaneously, sympathetically to one another, and enjoy each other's company
• Secondary group


  Members conduct themselves according to role expectation and treat each other with acknowledgement to status and degree of acquaintance
• Primary group


  • Family
  • Couple
  • Church
• Secondary group


  • Co-workers/Officemates
  • Sports Teammates
  • Committee
• Formal group


  Intentionally formed and planned for carrying out specific purposes
• Informal group


  Formed unplanned and spontaneously established out of random association and interaction
• Formal group


  • Student Organizations
  • Professional Associations
  • Religious Orders
• Informal group


  • Peer Group
  • Dating Group
  • Study Group
• Open group


  Membership is open for everyone
• Closed group


  Membership is exclusive to a selected number of persons either by quota or qualifications
• Open group


  • Clubs
  • Public Forums
• Closed group


  • School exclusive for Girls
  • Political Party
• Interest group


  Formed for the purpose of protecting and promoting the trade, interests, and well-being of its members
• Pressure group


  Formed to influence the public's views
• Task group


  Constitute a pool of workers labor force, or performers following a chain of command for the purpose of completing a task
• Interest group


  • Guilds
  • Art Clubs
  • Labor Unions
• Pressure group


  • Militant Group
  • Advocacy group
• Task group


  • Production Team
  • Sports Team
  • Orchestra
• In-group


  Members have a sense of loyalty, camaraderie, and solidarity. Non-members are considered "outsiders", "the others", or "strangers"
• Out-group


  One is perceived to be apart from the others. They are often perceived as odd and indifferent
• Minority group


  Relatively less dominant in terms of its size, status, or degree of influence
• Reference group


  One is not necessarily a member but they serve a comparative basis for self-evaluation
• Minority group


  • Ethnic Groups
• Reference group


  • Goths
  • Rockers
  • Socialites