This paper examines some of the factors which determine how people know each other and
is a preliminary attempt to discover the rules which govern such interactions. An informant …

When people are not engaged in social interaction and relational thinking is not explicitly
primed, is social cognition organized with reference to the personal attributes of …

In this paper, we report on an experimental study of social structure in three cultures:
Mormon (Utah), Paiute (Arizona), and Ponapean (Micronesia). There are many ways to …

Suppose you are interested in the prestige associated with various occupations, tasks, or
roles. You are aware that a standard list of occupations has been used &dquo; suc …

White" starter" persons in Los Angeles generated acquaintance chains to white and Negro
target persons in New York, using the" small world method." The mean number of …

The small world problem originates from the experience nearly everyone has had of meeting
someone, often far from home, and discovering that a mutual acquaintance is shared. That …

This paper shows how the social structuring of activity leads people to develop relationships
with others who are similar to themselves. Most relationships originate in foci of activity that …

In April 1985, a conference was held at the National Science Foundation in Washington, DC,
on the construction of primary data in cultural anthropology. We were concerned with data …

Measured social interaction distances when 36 female and 8 male undergraduate Es
remained stationary and were approached by their friends, acquaintances, and strangers …

The authors, along with others, had been interested in" an attempt to apply to groups in
Western European civilizations the methods used in researches on primitive peoples." It was …