Sociology & Friendship

Question 1

What are some of the importances of friendship?

Answer 1

found a correlation between friendships in older adults and better health

Question 2

List the Dunbar numbers and what they are?

Answer 2

People you can name - 1500
Acquaintances - 500
Casual Friends* - 150
Close Friends - 50
Closest Friends - 15
Close Support Group - 5

Question 3

What is a maintance talk?

Answer 3

discussions about the state of their relationship.

Question 4

Explain how Dunbar ended up creating a theory about human connections.

Answer 4

primate grooming habits.

Question 5

What historical data backed up his findings?

Answer 5

hunting gathering groups

Armies (Germany, ROman Empire)

Question 6

How did Dunbar use Christmas cards to gather data while exploring social connections?

Answer 6

Christmas cards

Question 7

who foudn out that the dunbar numbers are still valid today?

Answer 7

Bruno Gonçalves and Nicole Ellison

Question 8

What is the 60-40 split and how might social networks be changing that?

Answer 8

60% of our time is spent with our close friends and family

40% others and aquentences

due to social media we can keep in contact more

Question 9

What did PET scans reveal about human touch?

Answer 9

endorphins are rleased into our brains. It’s happy juice!

Question 10

What is epidemic loneliness?

Answer 10

concern for multiple generations
multiple causes, including:
Technology - decline of in-person interactions, Decline of community supports and activities

pattern of increasing loneliness has repeated in many countries around the world

Question 11

how many canadians feel lonely?

Answer 11

40%