Chapt.+5-+Groups+and+Organizations


 * **Social Group**- two or more people who identify with and interact with one another.
 * The social group portrayed in the show is the group of Sheldon, Leonard, Raj, Howard, and Penny, because they are a group of people who get along and interact with eachother.
 * **Primary Group**- a small social group whose members share personal and lasting relationships.
 * An example of a primary group would be Penny and Leonard, because they have dated and have had a relationship, it will remain between them forever.
 * **Instrumental Leadership**- group leadership that focuses on the completion of tasks.
 * Sheldon is seen as the group leader in the show, and the fact that he is so up- tight about everything makes him stand out as and instramental leader because he focuses on one thing at a time.
 * **Expressive Leadership**- group leadership that focuses on the group's well-being.
 * In the show the group is always making fun of either Penny's lack of knowlege, or penny is making fun of the guys' bad social skills. They know that what one another say is to not be taken straight to the heart, but to be looked at as a way of help for their well-being.

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 * ** Secondary Group- A large and impersonal social group whose members pursue a specific goal or activity. **
 * The guys all work at a science lab where everyone is driven to work. The employees of the establishment would be their secondary group.
 * ** Out-Group- A social group toward which a person feels a sense of competition or opposition. **
 * Since Sheldon and Howard have a superiority complex going, they believe there’s a difference between them and people who are normal. The normal people are the out group.
 * ** Groupthink- The tendency of group members to conform, resulting in a narrow view of some issues. **
 * Sheldon was the only one who believed that superman catching Lois Lane was wrong because it was scientifically impossible. Lenard believed it was and Howard and Raj just went along with Lenard.
 * ** Dyad- A social group with two members. **
 * Sheldon and Lenard live together so they’re a Dyad.