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| Social groups form the | building blocks for society and most social interaction most |
| The sociologist Georg Simmel | argued that the key element in determining the form of social relations in a group is the size of the group. |
| Simmel emphasized, in particular, the differences between | social relations in a dyad (group of two) and a triad (group of three). |
| Dyad is the most intimate form | of social life because the two members are mutually dependent on each other |
| Dyad-if one member leaves the group | the group ceases to exist. |
| When a third person joins a dyad | mediator, tertius gaudens, or divide et impera |
| mediator | the conflict resolver |
| tertius gaudens | the person who profits from disagreement from the others. |
| divide et impera | (“divide and conquer”) — the individual who purposefully breaks up the other two. |
| As group size increases | the number of possible relationships increase — in a group of three, three possible relationships exist, but in a group of four, six possible relationships exist. |
| the number of possible relationships increase — in a group of three | three possible relationships exist |
| in a group of four | six possible relationships exist |
| George Simmel Small Groups | C. H. Cooley-Primary Groups |
| George Simmel-Parties | C.H. Cooley-Secondary Groups |
| George Simmel-Large Groups | Other Group Types — in-groups, out-groups, reference groups |
| The Asch Test is an experiment developed in the 1940s that shows | how much people are influenced by the actions or norms of a group. |
| A social network is a set of relations — | set of dyads — held together by ties between individuals. |
| A tie is a set of stories that explains our relationship to the other members of our network | while a narrative is the sum of the stories contained in a series of ties. |
| Duncan Watts describes his research | on the small world phenomenon. |
| Embeddedness refers to the degree to which | ties are reinforced through indirect paths within a social network |
