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Social interaction—



                  Interdependence—                                                                                                                                                                                                  Accomplishing a goal


                 Individual members                                                                                                                                                                                                 requires some form of



              must depend, to some                                                                                                                                                                                                    verbal or nonverbal



               degree, on the output                                                                                                                                                                                              communication among


                      of the collective                                                                                                                                                                                                          members.



                              members.                                                                                         Types of


                                                                                                                  Group Influences




                     Commonality of                                                                                                                                                                                                    Favoritism


                                purpose                                                                                                                                                                             Members  of the same group



                 All members of the                                                                                                                                                                                          tend to be positively


                      collective come                                                                                                                                                                                    prejudiced toward other



                 together to attain a                                                                                Perception of a group                                                                          members and discriminate in


                        common goal.                                                             All members of the collective must agree                                                                                               their favor



                                                                                                                 they are part of the group.
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