Sociology / Unit 5 Soc 0622 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Dyad
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The idea
A dyad is a two-person group, the smallest possible and the least stable, because either member's departure ends it entirely.
In practice
A marriage or a business partnership survives only while both parties remain in it.
Where people slip
Do not read smallest as weakest-tie — dyads are the most intimate groups, not the least significant.
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