Question

Janet was surprised to find out that her gynecologist, dr. herring, was good friends with her tennis partner, sally. janet had met sally years ago in graduate school, while dr. herring knew sally from church. the nature of each one's relationship to sally is what sociologists call a(n):

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: social ties
social ties refers to interpersonal ties between two individuals or more that happen due to a certain but unique circumstances.
In general, social ties is formed due to same membership in a specific social group or by having similar principles/interest