*áhrifahópur = einhver sem þið fylgist með og trúið
• membership groups
• primary groups
• secondary groups
• aspirational groups
• dissociative groups
• disclaimant groups
*Primary reference group = It is a group with which the person has regular face-to-face association and contact and whose values, attitudes, and standards of behavior he follows. It may include family, playmates, friendship groups in the neighborhood, peer groups, and closely tied workgroups. Such a group consists of a small number of individuals who have intimate relationships and communicate with each other directly and regularl
*secondary = One may belong to secondary groups, in which he may have only slight or intermittent association. Secondary groups maintain communication among much larger numbers of people, who are often geographically dispersed, and use mainly impersonal communication channels to maintain identification and interaction.
*aspirational - a sub-category of a reference group, consisting of individuals (not necessarily known personally) with whom a person desires to be associated.
*dissociative - groups with whom an individual does not wish to be associated; groups whose use of a product will deter other buyers.
*disclaimant - One of the types of reference groups in which a person holds membership, but with whose values, attitudes, and behavior he or she does not wish to be associated
membership - a reference group to which an individual belongs.