Ch. 5: Groups and Networks

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Across
  1. 3. the connection between two people in a relationship that varies in strength from one relationship to the next; a story that explains our relationship with another member of our network
  2. 4. the tendency for organizations that interact with the same social forces to end up sharing characteristics, or to look alike
  3. 7. social groups, such as family or friends, composed of enduring, intimate face-to-face relationships that strongly influence the attitiudes and ideals of those involved
  4. 10. a gap between network clusters, or even two individuals, if the two units have complementary resources
  5. 14. any social network that is defined by a common purpose and has a boundary between its membership and the rest of the social world
  6. 16. the ways that power and authority are distributed in a social group
  7. 20. a group of characterized by the presence of a formal structure that mediates interaction and consequently status and differentiation
  8. 21. the role of a member of a triad who intentionally drives a wedge between the other two actors in the group
  9. 22. a group of two
  10. 24. another term for the powerful group, most often the majority
  11. 25. the sum of stories contained in a set of ties
Down
  1. 1. the shared beliefs and behaviors within a social group
  2. 2. the member of a triad who attempts to resolve conflict between the two other actors in the group
  3. 5. groups marked by impersonal, instrumental relationships (those existing as a means to an end)
  4. 6. seeks to understand how group life shapes individual behavior and maps out social relationships to understand transmission phenomenon, like STD transmission in high schools
  5. 8. a group that is similar to a small group, but is multifocal
  6. 9. the information, knowledge of people or things, and connections that help individuals enter, gain power in, or otherwise leverage social networks
  7. 11. a group characterized by face-to-face interaction, a unifocal perspective, lack of formal arrangement, or roles, and a certain level of equality
  8. 12. the member of a triad who benefits from conflict between the other two members of the group
  9. 13. the notion that relatively weak ties often turn out to be quite valuable because they yield new information
  10. 15. a set of relations – essentially, a set of dyads – held together by ties between individuals
  11. 17. a group that helps us understand or make sense of our position in society relative to other groups
  12. 18. a group of three
  13. 19. the degree to which social relationships are reinforced through indirect ties (i.e. friends of friends)
  14. 23. another term for the stigmatized or less powerful group, the minority