VITA - UCSB Department of Sociology
... AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION: Social Psychology, Family, and Gender I am a social psychologist who studies the formation and change of the self in families. More specifically, I examine how change in the social context (e.g., the adoption of new roles in the family) affect individuals’ self-views. The ex ...
... AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION: Social Psychology, Family, and Gender I am a social psychologist who studies the formation and change of the self in families. More specifically, I examine how change in the social context (e.g., the adoption of new roles in the family) affect individuals’ self-views. The ex ...
... activism. Some studies trace the use of cyberspace for activism back to the 1990s with the Lotus Market Place case where thousands of people protested against Lotus Software for releasing a product that made names, addresses, and purchasing behavior data for millions of their consumers available on ...
From Critical Social Theory to a Social Theory of
... form. I want to show that Pierre Bourdieu’s critical sociology shares many of the most problematic features associated with the traditional version although he dismisses the concept of ideology. It should be made clear at the outset, however, that this critique primarily addresses Bourdieu’s theoret ...
... form. I want to show that Pierre Bourdieu’s critical sociology shares many of the most problematic features associated with the traditional version although he dismisses the concept of ideology. It should be made clear at the outset, however, that this critique primarily addresses Bourdieu’s theoret ...
Socioemotional Understanding and Recreation
... been carried to an extreme and, accordingly, had precluded many aspects of the multifaceted Ben. He had become either perfect or worthless. Overall, Ben discovered in the clinical sociological sessions how his self-talk in form and process had created a particular self as well as self-environment re ...
... been carried to an extreme and, accordingly, had precluded many aspects of the multifaceted Ben. He had become either perfect or worthless. Overall, Ben discovered in the clinical sociological sessions how his self-talk in form and process had created a particular self as well as self-environment re ...
Human-computer interaction and sociological insight
... interdisciplinary teams of researchers, I must first thank the work of those scholars who have come before me and without whom my work would not have been possible. While it is always a tradition to thank one’s major professors and committee members, I am extremely grateful to Stephen Gilbert for fu ...
... interdisciplinary teams of researchers, I must first thank the work of those scholars who have come before me and without whom my work would not have been possible. While it is always a tradition to thank one’s major professors and committee members, I am extremely grateful to Stephen Gilbert for fu ...
The Social World of Bulgarian Larp Players
... pass trials worthy of recognition’. Acceptance in the clan according to one’s merits reinforces personal motivation and loyalty among group members; at the same time, it presents belonging to the clan as a desirable goal for all larp players, which can, however, be attained only by the few elect. So ...
... pass trials worthy of recognition’. Acceptance in the clan according to one’s merits reinforces personal motivation and loyalty among group members; at the same time, it presents belonging to the clan as a desirable goal for all larp players, which can, however, be attained only by the few elect. So ...
Lecture I Introduction to Sociology
... applied science is to apply the acquired knowledge intolife. Each pure science may have its own applied field. For instance physics is the pure science and engineering is its applied field. Sociology as a pure science has its applied field such as administration, diplomacy (international relations) ...
... applied science is to apply the acquired knowledge intolife. Each pure science may have its own applied field. For instance physics is the pure science and engineering is its applied field. Sociology as a pure science has its applied field such as administration, diplomacy (international relations) ...
The Palgrave Handbook of Relational Sociology Temporary table of
... individual takes in social life, and the third one being the possibility for each individual to develop a social personality, which later sociologists often translate into the social role undertaken by the individuals in society. Simmel has not a general conception of relation as something equivalen ...
... individual takes in social life, and the third one being the possibility for each individual to develop a social personality, which later sociologists often translate into the social role undertaken by the individuals in society. Simmel has not a general conception of relation as something equivalen ...
The object turn changes register?
... the material turn advocated by some STS scholars has much in common with other recent turns in the social sciences: the turn towards the body, the affect turn, and the spatial turn (Fraser and Greco, 2004; Thrift, 2008). In a way, each of these turns involves the attempt to broaden questions of enga ...
... the material turn advocated by some STS scholars has much in common with other recent turns in the social sciences: the turn towards the body, the affect turn, and the spatial turn (Fraser and Greco, 2004; Thrift, 2008). In a way, each of these turns involves the attempt to broaden questions of enga ...
Sociology /Social Work - Brigham Young University - Idaho
... Sociologists are interested in identifying and understanding patterns in society. Unfortunately, most of the patterns of interest to sociologists are impossible to verify through simplistic personal observations. Consequently, in order to better understand society, sociologists use various methods o ...
... Sociologists are interested in identifying and understanding patterns in society. Unfortunately, most of the patterns of interest to sociologists are impossible to verify through simplistic personal observations. Consequently, in order to better understand society, sociologists use various methods o ...
Geographies of friendships - National University of Singapore
... ties, in other words, friendships do not simply exist (although this is not to say that kinship relations are fixed and require no ‘work’ to maintain them). Rather, friendships require – and may even be defined in terms of – active, ongoing and necessarily reciprocal work (e.g. Vertovec, 2004). Sim ...
... ties, in other words, friendships do not simply exist (although this is not to say that kinship relations are fixed and require no ‘work’ to maintain them). Rather, friendships require – and may even be defined in terms of – active, ongoing and necessarily reciprocal work (e.g. Vertovec, 2004). Sim ...
From the One Globe Kids Blog – Intergroup
... conflict because one group feels superior to the other. When the shocking violence of Hitler’s prejudice was discovered at the end of World War II, intergroup contact theorists realized that a more complete understanding of this interaction was necessary. In the beginning, some naively assumed that ...
... conflict because one group feels superior to the other. When the shocking violence of Hitler’s prejudice was discovered at the end of World War II, intergroup contact theorists realized that a more complete understanding of this interaction was necessary. In the beginning, some naively assumed that ...
Chapter 1: Sociology: Theory and Method Third Edition
... concerns about power, conflict, and ideology. – This perspective is most commonly applied to capitalism and economic systems. – Marxist thinkers tend to take on an activist stance in addition to a scholarly one. ...
... concerns about power, conflict, and ideology. – This perspective is most commonly applied to capitalism and economic systems. – Marxist thinkers tend to take on an activist stance in addition to a scholarly one. ...
Social group
A social group within social sciences has been defined as two or more people who interact with one another, share similar characteristics, and collectively have a sense of unity. Other theorists disagree however, and are wary of definitions which stress the importance of interdependence or objective similarity. Instead, researchers within the social identity tradition generally define it as ""a group is defined in terms of those who identify themselves as members of the group"". Regardless, social groups come in a myriad of sizes and varieties. For example, a society can be viewed as a large social group.