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Also known as social groups

two or more humans who interact with one another

AI overview

A social group is simply two or more people who interact with each other. Social groups matter because humans naturally form them, and these interactions shape how we behave, think, and relate to one another in everyday life.

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Encyclopedic overview

Individuals in groups are connected to each other by social relationships. In the social sciences, a social group is defined as two or more people who interact with one another, share similar characteristics, and collectively have a sense of unity. Regardless, social groups come in a myriad of sizes and varieties. For example, a society can be viewed as a large social group. The system of behaviors and psychological processes occurring within a social group or between social groups is known as group dynamics.

Definition

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “social group” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.