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Group and Group Dynamics
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1. Group A group is a number of individuals organized to fulfill a common purpose or purposes. Thus, as Wilfred Bion has commented, a crowd of sunbathers lying on a beach is not yet a group. If, though, they are aroused by the cries of a girl who is drowning and begin to cooperate in her rescue, they become a rudimentary group. All groups have purpose, structure, and dynamics. Their complexity lies in the variability and interaction of these aspects. A group’s
purposes may be few or many. They may also be explicit or tacit, conscious or unconscious. Even a temporary, spontaneo…
