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group consciousness

1. the awareness exhibited by individual group members about the group, its members, and their commonalities. Just as self-consciousness pertains to awareness of the self, so group consciousness pertains to awareness of the collective.

2. see group mind.

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October 6th 2024

dependent samples

dependent samples

sets of data that are related owing to their having been collected from the same group on two or more occasions (as with a pre- and posttest), or from two or more sets of individuals who are related or otherwise closely associated (e.g., parents and their children). Also called correlated samples; dependent groups; related samples. Compare independent samples.