Principles and Techniques of Veterinary and AH Extension

COMMON TERMS

• An aggregation is a collectivity of persons who are held together in physical sense other than inter communication.
• A category is a number of persons who can be thought of as a unit, whether or not they are communicating or interacting with one another. All groups are categories but not all categories are groups.
• A Crowd is a temporary collection of people reacting to stimuli. A crowd consists of
• a number of people with focused attention.
• physical presence at a particular place.
• an affinity between the members creating cohesiveness.
• impersonality - anonymous
• heterogeneity & impermanency of composition.
• emotional build up that can be transmitted from one member to another
• Integration or cohesiveness
• Groups are to satisfy human needs both Physiological as well as Psychological.
• Group stability and endurance rests on cohesiveness or integration. Group
• Cohesiveness depends upon
  1. Homogeneity of the group
  2. Size of group
  3. Physical mobility
  4. Effectiveness of communication