Social Contagion - About
... I’m sure most of you have heard to phrase “Birds of a feather flock together.” I became very familiar with it in my early teens, as this was something my mother would frequently say during my adolescence, particularly when she didn’t approve of my momentary group of friends. Come to find out, my mom ...
... I’m sure most of you have heard to phrase “Birds of a feather flock together.” I became very familiar with it in my early teens, as this was something my mother would frequently say during my adolescence, particularly when she didn’t approve of my momentary group of friends. Come to find out, my mom ...
Chapter 1 – The Sociological Perspective
... subjective meanings: The meanings that people give to their own behavior. (p. 12) symbolic interaction: A theoretical perspective in which society is viewed as composed of symbols that people use to establish meaning, develop their views of the world, and communicate with one another. (p. 21) ...
... subjective meanings: The meanings that people give to their own behavior. (p. 12) symbolic interaction: A theoretical perspective in which society is viewed as composed of symbols that people use to establish meaning, develop their views of the world, and communicate with one another. (p. 21) ...
Research Methods Lesson 2 factors influencing
... • It’s a small scale trial study conducted before the main study in order to test the feasibility of the main study and to refine the research methods being used – Test how ambiguous the questions are – Develop the research TIP skills of the researcher A typical short exam question may ask you – Dec ...
... • It’s a small scale trial study conducted before the main study in order to test the feasibility of the main study and to refine the research methods being used – Test how ambiguous the questions are – Develop the research TIP skills of the researcher A typical short exam question may ask you – Dec ...
Riley Collins - ross.mayfirst.org
... indicate that a greater desire toward maintaining the hierarchical group relations will lead to greater opposition to interracial relations. Although Yancey ultimately disproves social dominance theory as an explanation for African American feelings toward interracial dating, using African American ...
... indicate that a greater desire toward maintaining the hierarchical group relations will lead to greater opposition to interracial relations. Although Yancey ultimately disproves social dominance theory as an explanation for African American feelings toward interracial dating, using African American ...
O processo de metamorfose na identidade da
... for the case study was selected due to the fact that her struggle for emancipation was the most evident among the 5 cases. The concept of identity adopted in this study, established by Ciampa2, has been developed based on the presupposed concepts that are the foundation of the theoretical reference ...
... for the case study was selected due to the fact that her struggle for emancipation was the most evident among the 5 cases. The concept of identity adopted in this study, established by Ciampa2, has been developed based on the presupposed concepts that are the foundation of the theoretical reference ...
LEARNING OBJECTIVES To demonstrate mastery of this chapter
... ethnocentrism, c. the use of the F-scale to measure authoritarian beliefs, and d. how authoritarian beliefs are learned as children. OBJECTIVE 15.15 — Describe the shared beliefs that tend to trigger intergroup conflict; explain the characterisitcs of social stereotypes and how they can amplify the ...
... ethnocentrism, c. the use of the F-scale to measure authoritarian beliefs, and d. how authoritarian beliefs are learned as children. OBJECTIVE 15.15 — Describe the shared beliefs that tend to trigger intergroup conflict; explain the characterisitcs of social stereotypes and how they can amplify the ...
Group Relations - Psychology with Cathy
... Understand the internal (within person) and external (situational) variables that lead to stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination, and ethnocentrism. ...
... Understand the internal (within person) and external (situational) variables that lead to stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination, and ethnocentrism. ...
A Philosopher`s Perspective on the Social Sciences
... sciences since the nineteenth century. Political scientists on the whole treat their discipline in terms very reminiscent of Mill; whereas anthropologists and interpretive sociologists have much greater affinity with Dilthey. Likewise, analytic philosophers have much sympathy for Mill’s perspective, ...
... sciences since the nineteenth century. Political scientists on the whole treat their discipline in terms very reminiscent of Mill; whereas anthropologists and interpretive sociologists have much greater affinity with Dilthey. Likewise, analytic philosophers have much sympathy for Mill’s perspective, ...
Attribution Theory
... Let’s look at the following example: Steve stepped on Cathy’s shoe. From a situational perspective, we would note that Steve was probably in a rush and he accidentally stepped on her foot. If, on the other hand, we reason that Steve is always mean—we are speaking about his disposition or attitude. T ...
... Let’s look at the following example: Steve stepped on Cathy’s shoe. From a situational perspective, we would note that Steve was probably in a rush and he accidentally stepped on her foot. If, on the other hand, we reason that Steve is always mean—we are speaking about his disposition or attitude. T ...
Prejudice - Ashton Southard
... 3) Authoritarian aggression: tendency to be on the lookout for, and to condemn, reject, and punish people who violate conventional values 4) Anti-intraception: opposition to the subjective, the imaginative, the tenderminded 5) Superstition and stereotypy: the belief in mystical determinants of the i ...
... 3) Authoritarian aggression: tendency to be on the lookout for, and to condemn, reject, and punish people who violate conventional values 4) Anti-intraception: opposition to the subjective, the imaginative, the tenderminded 5) Superstition and stereotypy: the belief in mystical determinants of the i ...
Writing a Social Biography - Center for World History
... love such people). How did they manage this, in as much detail as you can discover? Because you won’t have enough the space or time to cover your subject’s entire life, you’ll probably want to focus on a particular phase of it. Feel free to draw upon unpublished, published and oral sources. (Just be ...
... love such people). How did they manage this, in as much detail as you can discover? Because you won’t have enough the space or time to cover your subject’s entire life, you’ll probably want to focus on a particular phase of it. Feel free to draw upon unpublished, published and oral sources. (Just be ...
Pierre Bourdieu on "taste"
... speaking to him in a certain way (thereby putting oneself in a class at the same time) has nothing to do with an intellectual operation implying conscious reference to explicit indices and the implementation of classes produced by and for the concept. The same classificatory opposition (rich/poor, y ...
... speaking to him in a certain way (thereby putting oneself in a class at the same time) has nothing to do with an intellectual operation implying conscious reference to explicit indices and the implementation of classes produced by and for the concept. The same classificatory opposition (rich/poor, y ...
Samenvatting Chapter 1
... part of the system is a subsystem. A suprasystem is the larger system within which the system operates. Assumptions of systems perspective: Believe in nonsummativity (the whole is greater than the sum of it’s parts) Positive synergy and negative synergy can occur. Interdependence; all system members ...
... part of the system is a subsystem. A suprasystem is the larger system within which the system operates. Assumptions of systems perspective: Believe in nonsummativity (the whole is greater than the sum of it’s parts) Positive synergy and negative synergy can occur. Interdependence; all system members ...
Sexual Attitudes, Values, and Beliefs
... To a large extent, we are each a product of the cultures to which we belong. This appears to be especially true with regard to the sexual beliefs, values, and attitudes that we hold. Recall that by referring to a person’s “cultures” we are including his or her family, ethnic group, nation, and any g ...
... To a large extent, we are each a product of the cultures to which we belong. This appears to be especially true with regard to the sexual beliefs, values, and attitudes that we hold. Recall that by referring to a person’s “cultures” we are including his or her family, ethnic group, nation, and any g ...
FRQ packet due Friday
... question is one-sixth of the AP exam, so both questions are one-third of the AP exam. Here is a step by step process for tackling these questions. Step 1: First determine how many points are available. It is usually between 7 and 12 points, but there have been 6 and 13 point questions as well. There ...
... question is one-sixth of the AP exam, so both questions are one-third of the AP exam. Here is a step by step process for tackling these questions. Step 1: First determine how many points are available. It is usually between 7 and 12 points, but there have been 6 and 13 point questions as well. There ...
Understanding the role of social groups in
... In-group identification and intergroup discrimination occur to a greater extent when categorisation transpires during times of uncertainty – irrespective of how the uncertainty is caused. Hogg, Meehan, and Farquharson’s (2010) study explored the relationship between uncertainty in a person’s self-co ...
... In-group identification and intergroup discrimination occur to a greater extent when categorisation transpires during times of uncertainty – irrespective of how the uncertainty is caused. Hogg, Meehan, and Farquharson’s (2010) study explored the relationship between uncertainty in a person’s self-co ...
Cross-Cultural Psychology Psy 420 Ethnocentrism Stereotypes
... • One important theory to emerge during this time period was the group conflict theory, which focuses on the role of competition for resources in creating negative inter-group attitudes (Jackson, 1993). • A second highly influential approach was social identity theory, which focuses on the tendency ...
... • One important theory to emerge during this time period was the group conflict theory, which focuses on the role of competition for resources in creating negative inter-group attitudes (Jackson, 1993). • A second highly influential approach was social identity theory, which focuses on the tendency ...
Analysing and modelling wellbeing - Scottish Universities Insight
... Another warning about stats: • Subjective ‘data’ aren’t just ‘given’ facts: they might be better termed ‘elicitata’ • To interpret any human-response survey, we need to know about the context and process of elicitation • E.g. how did Oxfam Scotland end up weighting ‘feeling good’ selfreports as the ...
... Another warning about stats: • Subjective ‘data’ aren’t just ‘given’ facts: they might be better termed ‘elicitata’ • To interpret any human-response survey, we need to know about the context and process of elicitation • E.g. how did Oxfam Scotland end up weighting ‘feeling good’ selfreports as the ...
Conformity and Alienation - Challenge and Change in Society
... E.g. trying a new hairstyle Nervous about reaction of others stifles desire to change ...
... E.g. trying a new hairstyle Nervous about reaction of others stifles desire to change ...
1020: Managing Public Service Organizations
... leverage points that either accelerate or block impact. As a result, the field has generated long lists of recommendations for creating new worlds, some of which are no doubt important, and others that have no statistically significant relevance. ...
... leverage points that either accelerate or block impact. As a result, the field has generated long lists of recommendations for creating new worlds, some of which are no doubt important, and others that have no statistically significant relevance. ...
George C. Homans
... “An incidental advantage of an exchange theory is that it might bring sociology closer to economics-that science of man most advanced, most capable of application, and, intellectually, most isolated. Economics studies exchange carried out under special circumstances and with a most useful built-in ...
... “An incidental advantage of an exchange theory is that it might bring sociology closer to economics-that science of man most advanced, most capable of application, and, intellectually, most isolated. Economics studies exchange carried out under special circumstances and with a most useful built-in ...
The Adaptive Significance of Personality Traits
... future punishment. A person who scores high on this trait, for example, might be more likely to develop a phobia. In some situations persons who score high on this trait would have a reproductive advantage. They might be more likely to avoid dangers. On the other hand, persons who scored low might b ...
... future punishment. A person who scores high on this trait, for example, might be more likely to develop a phobia. In some situations persons who score high on this trait would have a reproductive advantage. They might be more likely to avoid dangers. On the other hand, persons who scored low might b ...
Soc213(001) Social Deviance Bogart Test01A 02/15/00
... A valid premise of strain theory, as put forth by Thio, is that: . if an individual associates more with people who hold deviant ideas, the individual is likely to become deviant, B. lower-class people are more likely to commit deviance, C. once labeled deviant, people tend to see themselves as devi ...
... A valid premise of strain theory, as put forth by Thio, is that: . if an individual associates more with people who hold deviant ideas, the individual is likely to become deviant, B. lower-class people are more likely to commit deviance, C. once labeled deviant, people tend to see themselves as devi ...
Chapter 6
... Example: people are asked to categorize words as + or -. If a picture of a black face before the word “lazy” speeds the response, while a black face before the word “intelligent” slows the response, this indicates that the person possesses an implicit stereotype. ...
... Example: people are asked to categorize words as + or -. If a picture of a black face before the word “lazy” speeds the response, while a black face before the word “intelligent” slows the response, this indicates that the person possesses an implicit stereotype. ...