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Individual and Society : Introduction to Exercise 5 - Social groups and formal organizations
What You Will Learn

This exercise looks at the following:
  • What is a social group?
  • Some factors that affect groups dynamics
  • Types of social groups
  • Types of formal organizations
Key Terms


category
coercive organization
crowd
dyad
formal organization
group dynamics
in-groups
normative organization


out-groups
primary groups
reference groups
secondary groups
social diversity
social group
triad
utilitarian organization

Click on a term for the definition and Spanish translation.
What You Will Do

Complete the passages by dragging terms from the given list and dropping them in the right spaces. Correct answers will remain in the text, and incorrect choices will go back to the list of terms.
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