Smith, Peter B. (Ed.) <br/><br/>
Group processes  IB 

 - London  Penguin Books  1970 
 - 454 p. 
<br/><br/> This volume attempts to introduce the reader to the rapidly developing study of behaviour in small groups. A recent bibliography listed 3200 publications in this field since the last war and it was by no means exhaustive. In introducing the topic one might ask what it is that has attracted researchers into this field in such numbers, and whether on balance the findings to date have repaid such a concentration of effort.<br/>Traditionally psychologists have tended to develop explanatory models of human behaviour which focus on the individual as the key concept, while sociologists for their part have attended more to the properties of institutions and classes. Empirical findings in both disciplines have indicated the need for an analytic concept in between these two levels. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social Groups
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>302.3 GRO