When Students Are Required to Work in Pairs on a Class

question 109

Multiple Choice

When students are required to work in pairs on a class project" once a given individual chooses her partner" she is no longer available to others in the class as a potential work partner. Thus" her likelihood of engaging in an exchange relationship with her other classmates decreases" and the potential rewards associated with these other (alternative) alliances diminish. The scenario just described illustrates which kind of exchange network?

• A)a balanced network
• B)an imbalanced network
• C)a negatively connected network
• D)a nonreciprocal network
• E)a positively connected network

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