...[1913] primary groups are those characterized by intimate, face-to-face association and cooperation. They are fundamental in forming the social nature and ideals of the individual. These groups, for example, the "family", are the essential mechanism of socialization and the primary...

...(1909) 1962:5. e By primary groups 1 mean those characteri/ed by intimate face-to-face associations and cooperation. They are primary in several senses,...forming the social nature and ideals of the individual. Social Organization (1909) 1962:23. 7 Public opinion is no mere aggregate of separate individual judgments,...

..."primary group."29 Cooley explained his concept of this birthing locus for all human sociallearning: By primary groups I mean those characterized by intimate...fundamental in forming the social nature and ideals of individuals. The result of intimate association, psychologically, is a certain fusion of individualities...

...defined primary groups as those characterized by "intimate face-to-face association and cooperation." They are fundamental in forming the social nature...individualities in a common whole, so that one's very self, lor many purposes at least, is the common life and purpose of the group. tCooley, 1909:23) these groups...

...definition of primary groups: By primary groups I mean those characterized by intimate face-to-facc association and co-operation. They are primary in...they are fundamental in forming the social nature of the ideals of individuals. (1909:23) It is within such groups that the feeling of social unity is...

...characterized hy intimate face-to-face association and cooperation. They are primary in several senses, hut chiefly in that they are fundamental in forming the...social nature and ideals of the individuaL . . . The most important spheres of this intimate association and cooperation — though hy no means the only...

...larger social order" (Reynolds 1993: 36). Following is Cooley 's basic definition of primary groups: By primary groups I mean those characterized by intimate...they are fundamental in forming the social nature of the ideals of individuals. (1909: 23) The child first experiences a sense of social unity and initially...

...regular face-to-face contact with one another. The term 'primary group' was coined by Charles Cooley: By primary groups I mean those characterized by intimate...several senses, but chiefly in that they are fundamental ¡n forming the social nature and ideals of the individual. The result of intimate association . ....

...primary groups. Cooley's classic definition is as follows: By primary groups I mean those characterised by intimate face-to-face association and cooperation....the individual. The result of intimate association ... is a certain fusion of individualities in a common whole, so that one's very self, for many purposes...

...implications. Charles Cooley description of a "primary group" identifies some of the features of the concept: "By PRIMARY groups I mean those characterized by intimate...fundamental in forming the social nature and ideals of individuals. The results of intimate association, psychologically, is a certain fusion of individualities...