Social Influence Definition
9. Provide 3 real world examples for homophily driven by social influence/contagion, and 3 real world examples for homophily driven by selection. Briefly explain your answers.
Examples for homophily driven by selection:
a) Three cousins that become friends while they are growing up.
b) A group of friends within a native Indians reservation in the U.S.
c) A support group of women with breast cancer. Although a support group could be fit under the category of homophily by social influence or contagion, I argue that an inescapable medical condition that exclusively affect individuals according their sex –as a breast cancer- corresponds to homophily by selection.
Examples for homophily driven by social influence or contagion:
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Can you find an initial grouping which causes the party to never reach a stable state? (i.e. the model does not stop running). Describe your finding.
300 participants, 20 groups, 15 percent of tolerance, and the model never stop running.
100 participants, 20 groups, 5 percent of tolerance, and the model never stop running.
70 participants, 10 groups, 5 percent of tolerance, and the model never stop running.
70 participants, 10 groups, 12 percent of tolerance, the model become stable after more than 83,000 ticks. The model stops when everybody is satisfied or comfortable in his or her situation. In this case, when everybody sharing with same-sex partners.
18. Think of real parties (we assume you all have been to some). Is this model descriptive of real social settings (the differentiating finding here does not have to be gender, but can be other factors)? What tolerance level do real people typically have?
If we assuming that the members of a party randomly join it, the level of tolerance could be higher than if the members of a party previously had meet each other. In real life, people hanging out in parties usually already meet each other; so, the level of tolerance would be lower. Therefore, individuals tend to hanging out with their likely rather than with their
Examples for homophily driven by selection:
a) Three cousins that become friends while they are growing up.
b) A group of friends within a native Indians reservation in the U.S.
c) A support group of women with breast cancer. Although a support group could be fit under the category of homophily by social influence or contagion, I argue that an inescapable medical condition that exclusively affect individuals according their sex –as a breast cancer- corresponds to homophily by selection.
Examples for homophily driven by social influence or contagion:
a) The subscribers …show more content…
Can you find an initial grouping which causes the party to never reach a stable state? (i.e. the model does not stop running). Describe your finding.
300 participants, 20 groups, 15 percent of tolerance, and the model never stop running.
100 participants, 20 groups, 5 percent of tolerance, and the model never stop running.
70 participants, 10 groups, 5 percent of tolerance, and the model never stop running.
70 participants, 10 groups, 12 percent of tolerance, the model become stable after more than 83,000 ticks. The model stops when everybody is satisfied or comfortable in his or her situation. In this case, when everybody sharing with same-sex partners.
18. Think of real parties (we assume you all have been to some). Is this model descriptive of real social settings (the differentiating finding here does not have to be gender, but can be other factors)? What tolerance level do real people typically have?
If we assuming that the members of a party randomly join it, the level of tolerance could be higher than if the members of a party previously had meet each other. In real life, people hanging out in parties usually already meet each other; so, the level of tolerance would be lower. Therefore, individuals tend to hanging out with their likely rather than with their