| A | B |
|---|
| Secondary group | Involve impersonal, instrumental relationships |
| Primary group | Are limited in the number of members available for face-to-face interaction. |
| Large group | Characterized by formal stricter that mediates interaction and, consequently, status differentiation. |
| Party | Characterized by face-to-face interaction but is multifocal. |
| Small group | Characterized by face-to-face interaction, unifocal, lack of formal roles and equality. |
| Group Size | The increasing number of members in a group results in increasing possible relationships as well as necessary relationships. |
| Amish Culture | The Amish community’s economic growth is a curious mix of profit-seeking entrepreneurship with a traditional lifestyle |
| Divide et impera | One who intentionally drives a wedge between the other two parties |
| Tertius gaudens | One who benefits from the disagreement of the other two. Basically, the opposite of a mediator. |
| Mediator | One who resolves conflicts between two parties in a group |
| Triad | A group of three or more actors |
| Dyad | A group of two actors. Each member is mutually dependent on the other for the relationship to continue. |
