Groups and Networks

Question 1

Forms the building blocks for social interactions and society

Answer 1

Social groups

Question 2

Member of a triad who’s attempts to resolve conflict between the two other actors in the group

Answer 2

Mediator

Question 3

Member of a triad who benefits from the conflict between the other two members of the group

Answer 3

Tertius gaudens

Question 4

Role of a member of a triad who intentionally divides it wedged between the other two actors in the group

Answer 4

Divide de impera

Question 5

Group of two

Answer 5

Dyad

Question 6

Group of three

Answer 6

Triad

Question 7

Group characterized by face-to-face interaction, a unifocal perspective, lack of formal arrangements or roles, and a certain level of equality

Answer 7

Small group

Question 8

Group that is similar to a small group but is multi functional

Answer 8

Party

Question 9

Group characterized by the presence of a formal structure that mediates interaction and, consequently, status

Answer 9

Large group

Question 10

Social groups, such as family or friends, composed of enduring, intimate face-to-face relationships that strongly influence the attitudes and ideas of those involved

Answer 10

Primary group

Question 11

Groups marked by impersonal, instrumental relationships (those existing as a means to an end)

Answer 11

Secondary group

Question 12

Powerful group, most often the majority

Answer 12

In-groups

Question 13

Stigmatized or less powerful group, the minority

Answer 13

Out-groups

Question 14

Group that helps understand or make sense our position relative to other groups

Answer 14

Reference groups

Question 15

Set of relations, a set of dyads, held together by ties between individuals

Answer 15

Social networks

Question 16

Set of stories that explains our relationship to the other members of our network

Answer 16

Tie

Question 17

Sum of the stories contained in a series of ties

Answer 17

Narrative

Question 18

Degree to which ties are reinforced through indirect paths within a social network

Answer 18

Embeddedness

Question 19

Gap between network clusters that would benefit from having the gap closed

Answer 19

Structural hole

Question 20

Information, knowledge of people or ideas, and connections that help individuals enter preexisting networks or gain power in them

Answer 20

Social capital

Question 21

Notion that relatively weak ties often turn out to be quite valuable because the yield new information

Answer 21

Strength of weak ties

Question 22

Any social network that is defined by a common purpose and has a boundary between its membership and the rest of the social world

Answer 22

Organization

Question 23

Shared beliefs and behaviors within a social group

Answer 23

Organizational culture

Question 24

Ways in which power and authority are distracted within an organization

Answer 24

Organizational structure

Question 25

Constraining process that forces one organization to resemble other organizations that fact the same set of environmental conditions

Answer 25

Institutional isomorphism