Connected Study Guide Compiled by Adrianne s Discussion Sections 12 September 2013 A suggested use for this study guide Use this list to look up concepts in the book then make flash cards FLASH CARD SUGGESTION Front of flash card center Term Front of flash card bottom right hand corner Page number for later reference if your understanding varies from your study partner s or if you are having trouble understanding the term Back of flash card top half Definition Back of flash card bottom half Example from the book or come up with an example from your life or a show movie Try to determine how central or fundamental a given term is Does it drive one of the main arguments of the book Do the authors use it often Does it demonstrate the affect of a social structure For examples determine have you covered the primary examples from each chapter Ch 1 Social Network Dyad Dyadic Spread Transitive Hyperdyadic Spread 6 Degrees of Separation Stanley Milgram 3 Degrees of Influence Intrinsic Decay Explanation Network and Instability Explanation Evolutionary Purpose Explanation Rules of Life in the Network 1 We shape our network 2 our network shapes us 3 our friends affect us 4 our friends friends friends affect us 5 network has a life of its own Strong weak ties Emergent properties Situational inequality positional inequality Four Examples of Types of Networks La Ola Ch 2 Mirror Neuron System Emotional Contagion Mass Psychogenic Illness Facial Feedback Motor MPI 1 Unconnected 2 Bucket Brigade 3 Telephone Tree 4 Military Squad Each happy friend increases by 9 unhappy decreases happiness by 7 Experience Sampling Methods Affective Afferance Emotions effect our physical state Laughing Mass Hysteria Example People with more friends are less likely to be lonely Nut allergies epidemic Emotions spreading in families Depressed roommate makes more likely to be depressed 3 means Facilitating interpersonal bonds Synchronizing behavior Communicating information Emotions spread from person to person because of two features of human interaction we are biologically hardwired to mimic others outwardly and in mimicking their outward display we come to adopt our inward states Proust phenomenon Ch 3 Relationships Ex Marriage person 3 degrees away most likely soul mate Homogamy Homophily Comparative Influence Effects Direct Indirect Mate Choice Instrumental Payoff Perceived attractiveness contingent on place in social network Reference Groups Multiplexity Ch 4 Connection of Sexual Partners Sexual partners resemble other partners Rule of thumb that shapes sexual network don t date partners former partner o ex lover s lover s ex Monogamy doesn t prevent STD 52 of all people romantically involved are in one huge network Epidemic Higher than usual prevalence of a condition connotes contagion rapid spread Friends Friends make you fat Culture Bound Syndrome Suicide is Contagious Easier to quit smoking if people around you quit Ch 9 Hyperconnected Human Superorganism Has a life of its own network is alive Social network fits this due to its structure and function Book compares it to ants birds Positional inequality Spread of Goods Example Babylon Network is a shared resource We are all connected Network Can Outlive Its Members Charity Can Spread Through Networks Public Good Private Good Bellum omnium contra ommes a war of all against all
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