Editing Communication in small groups (section)

== Sociology ==
{{Main articles|Sociology of small groups}}
Small groups can be the means by which [[Social Constraints|social constraints]] are enforced, and can also act as an arena in which the constraints can be challenged. Small groups often contain and develop an idioculture, a set of shared meanings as well as negotiate status.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Harrington |first1=Brooke |last2=Fine |first2=Gary Alan |date=2000 |title=Opening the "Black Box": Small Groups and Twenty-First-Century Sociology |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2695842 |journal=Social Psychology Quarterly |volume=63 |issue=4 |pages=312–323 |doi=10.2307/2695842 |jstor=2695842 |issn=0190-2725|url-access=subscription }}</ref>{{Rp|page=314}} Groups are able to provide rewards and punishment in line with societies expectations.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=314}}