Connected Study GuideCompiled by Adrianne’s Discussion Sections12 September 2013A 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 ofthe 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. 1Social NetworkDyadDyadic SpreadTransitiveHyperdyadic Spread6 Degrees of Separation(Stanley Milgram)3 Degrees of InfluenceIntrinsic Decay ExplanationNetwork and Instability ExplanationEvolutionary Purpose ExplanationRules of Life in the Network1 We shape our network2. our network shapes us3. our friends affect us4. our friends-friends-friends affect us5. network has a life of its ownStrong/weak tiesEmergent propertiesSituational inequality/positional inequalityFour Examples of Types of Networks1) Unconnected, 2) Bucket Brigade, 3) Telephone Tree, 4) Military Squad“La Ola”Ch. 2Mirror Neuron SystemEmotional ContagionMass Psychogenic IllnessFacial FeedbackMotor MPIExperience Sampling MethodsAffective AfferanceEmotions effect our physical state Laughing/Mass Hysteria ExamplePeople with more friends are less likely to be lonely Each happy friend increases by 9%, unhappy decreases happiness by 7%Nut allergies epidemicEmotions spreading in familiesDepressed roommate makes more likely to be depressed3 means Facilitating interpersonal bondsSynchronizing behaviorCommunicating informationEmotions 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 statesProust phenomenon Ch. 3RelationshipsEx. Marriage: person 3 degrees away most likely soul mateHomogamy/HomophilyComparative/Influence EffectsDirect/Indirect Mate ChoiceInstrumental PayoffPerceived attractiveness contingent on place in social networkReference GroupsMultiplexityCh. 4Connection of Sexual Partners- Sexual partners resemble other partners- Rule of thumb that shapes sexual network: don’t date partners former partnero ‘ex lover’s lover’s ex’- Monogamy doesn’t prevent STD52% of all people romantically involved are in one huge networkEpidemicHigher than usual prevalence of a condition; connotes contagion, rapid spreadFriends Friends make you fatCulture-Bound SyndromeSuicide is ContagiousEasier to quit smoking if people around you quitCh. 9HyperconnectedHuman SuperorganismHas a life of its own, “network is alive”Social network fits this due to its structure and functionBook compares it to ants/birdsPositional inequalitySpread of GoodsExample: BabylonNetwork is a shared resourceWe are all connectedNetwork Can Outlive Its MembersCharity Can Spread Through NetworksPublic Good/Private Good“Bellum omnium contra ommes”- a war of all against
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