Unit 3

In unit 3 I really enjoyed the first chapter 9 and the begin of the chapter actually kept me interested. Defining and classifying groups was extremely interesting. I for one have always had a hard time defining what a group is. I notice that I have a tendency to want to be known by the formal groups that I associate with. Groups founded by my work environment or school environment. Command groups are easy for me to recognize because I feel like there is usually a hierarchy to every situation, where as task groups have a tendency to be lead by the leader of the command group, odd how they correlated so well. In summary the reason people join groups has never been something that I have deeply though about. The social identity theory gives us a clear explanation to why we want to be part of groups. Based on the first few pages of this chapter I feel enlightened and have a better understanding of what it means for me to be a group member in more ways than one.