What are groups? What are some of the different characteristics of groups? Explain and distinguish between primary and secondary groups

What will be an ideal response?


A group is any assortment of people who share norms, values, and expectations. They can be small or large, formal or informal. Primary groups form for expressive needs such as emotional support, companionship, love, and security, and tend to be smaller than secondary groups. Secondary groups form for instrumental needs, working together to meet a goal. They are generally larger and make less of an emotional claim on people's identity.

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What will be an ideal response?

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Values promoted within an ethnic group that shape whether a member of that group is successful can lead to:

a. cultural determinism. b. achievement syndrome. c. social attribution bias. d. collectivistic ethic.

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A) .5. B) .6. C) .7. D) .8.

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