Balance Theory, The Jordan Paradigm, and The Wiest Tetrahedron

Publisher Summary This chapter describes balance theory, the Jordan paradigm, and the Wiest tetrahedron. The chapter focuses on the quantitative applications particularly in Wiest's tetrahedron approach. Research in the Jordan paradigm implies that any quantitative approach that attempts to model a single triad (or semicycle) will be at least partially inadequate. This chapter explores that balance theory is also basically a logic theory. It illustrates the purpose where two problems confronted by McGuire are solved. The results of balance theory of the Insko et al experiment do provide interesting evidence for the generality of the semicycles that appear to be operating in the Jordan paradigm. The tetrahedron represents a simple linear extrapolation from polarized balance. Wiest assumed that any particular triad that lies either within the tetrahedron or on the surface of the tetrahedron is balanced.

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