Practice question · True or false
A dyad is generally more stable than a triad, because two people have fewer relationships to manage.
Hints
- What happens to a dyad when one member leaves?
- Simmel counted the exits.
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False
Why
False. Simmel's point is the reverse: a dyad dies the moment either member leaves, while a triad survives one exit. The triad's instability is of a different kind, coalitions, two-against-one, and the tertius gaudens who profits from the other two's conflict, but the group itself persists.
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