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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A social norm is a shared standard of acceptable behavior by a group. Social norms can both be informal understandings that govern the behavior of members...
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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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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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The Social Democratic Group is a social democratic party group in the Nordic Council, making up the largest group on the council. Their members come from...
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Group cohesiveness, also called group cohesion, social harmony or social cohesion, is the degree or strength of bonds linking members of a social group...
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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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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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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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"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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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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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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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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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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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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people Social learning (social pedagogy), a theory of education that acquisition of social competence happens exclusively or primarily in a social group Social...
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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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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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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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Social cleansing (Spanish: limpieza social) is social group-based killing that consists of the elimination of members of society who are considered "undesirable"...
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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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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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Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities...
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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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