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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_group
Social psychologist Muzafer Sherif proposed to define a social unit as a number of individuals interacting with each other with respect to:
- Common motives and goals
- An accepted division of labor, i.e. roles
- Established status (social rank, dominance) relationships
- Accepted norms and values with reference to matters relevant to the group
- Development of accepted sanctions (praise and punishment) if and when norms were respected or violated[7]
This definition is long and complex, but it is also precise. It succeeds at providing the researcher with the tools required to answer three important questions:
- "How is a group formed?"
- "How does a group function?"
- "How does one describe those social interactions that occur on the way to forming a group?"
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