In the social sciences, a social group is defined as two or more people who interact with one another, share similar characteristics, and collectively...
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social sciences, social groups can be categorized based on the various group dynamics that define social organization. In sociological terms, groups can...
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Social work with groups represents a broad domain of direct social work practice (Garvin, Gutierrez & Galinskey, 2004). Social workers work with a variety...
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In social psychology and sociology, an in-group is a social group to which a person psychologically identifies as being a member. By contrast, an out-group...
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Group cohesiveness, also called group cohesion or social cohesion, arises when bonds link members of a social group to one another and to the group as...
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Social stratification refers to a society's categorization of its people into groups based on socioeconomic factors like wealth, income, race, education...
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Social norms are shared standards of acceptable behavior by groups. Social norms can both be informal understandings that govern the behavior of members...
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The Social Democratic Group is a social democratic party group on the Nordic Council, making up the largest group on the council. Their members come from...
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Particular social group (PSG) is one of five categories that may be used to claim refugee status according to two key United Nations documents: the 1951...
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The Social-Political Group (French: Group de politique sociale; German: Sozialpolitische Gruppe) was a political faction in Switzerland. The faction was...
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a group whose members share the same religious identity Social group, a group whose members share the same social identity Tribal group, a group whose...
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Dunbar's number (redirect from The social brain hypothesis)
Dunbar, who found a correlation between primate brain size and average social group size. By using the average human brain size and extrapolating from the...
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Exogamy (redirect from Exogamous group)
Exogamy is the social norm of mating or marrying outside one's social group. The group defines the scope and extent of exogamy, and the rules and enforcement...
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In sociology, a social organization is a pattern of relationships between and among individuals and groups. Characteristics of social organization can...
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Haredi Judaism (redirect from Ultra-Orthodox Jews (Social Group))
Congress and form their own social and political groups. Hungarian Jewry split into two major institutionally sectarian groups: Orthodox, and Neolog. However...
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Group dynamics is a system of behaviors and psychological processes occurring within a social group (intragroup dynamics), or between social groups (intergroup...
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Social identity is the portion of an individual's self-concept derived from perceived membership in a relevant social group. As originally formulated...
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sociology, a peer group is both a social group and a primary group of people who have similar interests (homophily), age, background, or social status. The...
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members of a different group, and which are fundamental to social integration and observance of human rights within that particular group (e.g. due process)...
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gender-inclusive. On June 30, 2020, Harvard announced that it would drop its social group sanctions as a result of a Supreme Court decision on sex discrimination...
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"minority group" to refer to a category of people that experience relative disadvantage, as compared to members of a dominant social group. To address...
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Belongingness (redirect from Social embedding)
the research on group bonds can be interpreted through the lens of belongingness. They argue that plenty of evidence suggests that social bonds are formed...
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relevant disciplines. Social group work is a method of social work that enhance people's social functioning through purposeful group experiences, and to...
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Moais (模合, Mo-ai) are social support groups that form in order to provide varying support from social, financial, health, or spiritual interests. Moai...
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individual who is a member of the group. This is because all the individuals and social group processes such as social influence contribute to the outcome...
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In sociology, social distance describes the distance between individuals or social groups in society, including dimensions such as social class, race/ethnicity...
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a social group, received authority, social role, or a minority within a group wielding influence over the majority. Social psychologists study group-related...
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The Group for Social Dialogue (Romanian: Grupul pentru Dialog Social, GDS) is a Romanian non-governmental organization whose stated mission is to protect...
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Caste (redirect from Caste (social))
A caste is a fixed social group into which an individual is born within a particular system of social stratification: a caste system. Within such a system...
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Kinship (redirect from Descent group)
serve social ends." These social ends include the socialization of children and the formation of basic economic, political and religious groups. Kinship...
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