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The
term human bond, or more generally human bonding, refers to the process
or formation of a close personal relationship, as between a parent and
child, especially through frequent or constant association. When pairs
have favorable bonds, the nature of this bonding is usually attributed
to "good" interpersonal chemistry. The word bond derives from the 12th
century Middle English word band, meaning something that binds, ties,
or restrains. Its application to interpersonal human relationships has
been used intermittently ever since.
The term social network or
"interconnected group of people", which may include up to 150 people
(Dunbar's number), is from 1947. The concept of nuclear family or
bonded unit of two parents plus one or more children was coined by
American anthropologist George Murdock in his 1949 work Social
Structure.According to Merriam-Webster, the application of the term
“bonding” to interpersonal relationships came of use in 1976. With the
recent popularity of the Internet, sites such as Myspace, one of the
top-ten most active websites in the world, encourage people to increase
the size of their friendship networks.
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