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People associate themselves in a wide variety of ways to meet common needs and to serve mutual interests. It is commonly agreed that this constructive social interaction with other people is one of the requirements for the full development of the human personality. The resulting groups assume a unique importance to the individual. Wilson and Ryland comment: Human beings can be understood only in relation to other human beings. What a man is, is reflected by the behavior of other men toward him. What a man thinks of himself is his judgment of the reactions of other men to him. The behavior pattern of any individual is a mirror of his total life-experience, most of which is in groups. 'If one is to understand an individual, one must know the groups to which he belongs. |
