Formalism and Relationalism in Social Network Theory
... reason and rationality. Where the Enlightenment philosophers had embraced the idea of the unlimited potential of rational investigation, Kant had reservations about the role of reason in scientific and philosophic investigation. Kant had been deeply impressed by David Hume’s radical skepticism about ...
... reason and rationality. Where the Enlightenment philosophers had embraced the idea of the unlimited potential of rational investigation, Kant had reservations about the role of reason in scientific and philosophic investigation. Kant had been deeply impressed by David Hume’s radical skepticism about ...
Futures Studies in the Field of the Environment
... From progress to risk – a shifting future regime In recent years, the social science interest in issues to do with futures, the long term, and uncertainty has virtually exploded. The future is in fact emerging as a central problem in areas as different as environmental history, geography, anthropolo ...
... From progress to risk – a shifting future regime In recent years, the social science interest in issues to do with futures, the long term, and uncertainty has virtually exploded. The future is in fact emerging as a central problem in areas as different as environmental history, geography, anthropolo ...
chapter 16 summary - MDC Faculty Home Pages
... Therapy, Rational Living Therapy, Cognitive Therapy, and Dialectic Behavior Therapy. However, most cognitive-behavioral therapies have the following characteristics: 1. CBT is based on the Cognitive Model of Emotional Response which maintains that it is our thoughts that cause our feelings and behav ...
... Therapy, Rational Living Therapy, Cognitive Therapy, and Dialectic Behavior Therapy. However, most cognitive-behavioral therapies have the following characteristics: 1. CBT is based on the Cognitive Model of Emotional Response which maintains that it is our thoughts that cause our feelings and behav ...
Welland Campus GENERAL EDUCATION ELECTIVES 2016 Winter
... Financial planning in our personal life is useful and of great interest to many people. This course has been designed to provide you with an introduction to personal finance through your review of several aspects of financial planning which most people will need to know during the different stages o ...
... Financial planning in our personal life is useful and of great interest to many people. This course has been designed to provide you with an introduction to personal finance through your review of several aspects of financial planning which most people will need to know during the different stages o ...
SOCIAL RESEARCH Issues, methods and process Tim May
... When this book was first published in 1993, it was my belief that it could fill a gap in the literature on social research. It aimed to do this by bringing together, in one volume, a discussion of the issues, methods and processes of social research. While it could never be exhaustive and I was very u ...
... When this book was first published in 1993, it was my belief that it could fill a gap in the literature on social research. It aimed to do this by bringing together, in one volume, a discussion of the issues, methods and processes of social research. While it could never be exhaustive and I was very u ...
scientific realism
... the particular strategies they did given their preferences and constraints. Although you criticize the rationality assumption by arguing that it is unrealistic, I am only assuming that my actors behave as if they are rational.” • Inconsistent Claim 1b: “Using a number of admittedly unrealistic assum ...
... the particular strategies they did given their preferences and constraints. Although you criticize the rationality assumption by arguing that it is unrealistic, I am only assuming that my actors behave as if they are rational.” • Inconsistent Claim 1b: “Using a number of admittedly unrealistic assum ...
Information Diffusion in Online Social Networks
... carried by messages, (ii) spreads along the edges of the network according to particular mechanics, (iii) depending on specific properties of the edges and nodes. In the following sections, we will discuss these di↵erent aspects with the most relevant recent work related to them as well as an analys ...
... carried by messages, (ii) spreads along the edges of the network according to particular mechanics, (iii) depending on specific properties of the edges and nodes. In the following sections, we will discuss these di↵erent aspects with the most relevant recent work related to them as well as an analys ...
PowerPoint slides into MS Word
... take up environmental causes, join the Peace Corps, go off to a monastery, etc. ...
... take up environmental causes, join the Peace Corps, go off to a monastery, etc. ...
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[cognitive formats] in
... social life (Weber, Parsons, Luhmann, Walzer). In contrast to those authors, however, we identified the underlying grammar of the orders endowed with the greatest legitimacy, and thereby the demands that weigh on human beings in society when they are called upon to "commonize" on the basis of a form ...
... social life (Weber, Parsons, Luhmann, Walzer). In contrast to those authors, however, we identified the underlying grammar of the orders endowed with the greatest legitimacy, and thereby the demands that weigh on human beings in society when they are called upon to "commonize" on the basis of a form ...
Representations, identity and resistance in communication
... represented in Western cultures, where the listener is often positioned as subordinate to the active and independent speaker. In other cultures where collective understanding is more highly valued than individual success, there are not so much different roles of the speaker and the listener, but rat ...
... represented in Western cultures, where the listener is often positioned as subordinate to the active and independent speaker. In other cultures where collective understanding is more highly valued than individual success, there are not so much different roles of the speaker and the listener, but rat ...
Manifesto of computational social science
... theorists since long [33]. This research direction had the merit to point out the role of extortion and tribute as mechanisms of political coalition formation. However, no much attention was given to the opposite direction of influence, i.e., downward causation or second order emergence [34, 35]. Fu ...
... theorists since long [33]. This research direction had the merit to point out the role of extortion and tribute as mechanisms of political coalition formation. However, no much attention was given to the opposite direction of influence, i.e., downward causation or second order emergence [34, 35]. Fu ...
The Psychology of Cultural Experience - Assets
... an emotionally vivid account of his encounter with a snake some twentyfive years previously, which he subsequently decided was the cause of his daughter’s illness. Garro notes that such strong cultural expectations serve to highlight individual experiences with animals in part because these experien ...
... an emotionally vivid account of his encounter with a snake some twentyfive years previously, which he subsequently decided was the cause of his daughter’s illness. Garro notes that such strong cultural expectations serve to highlight individual experiences with animals in part because these experien ...
Measuring Social Capital in the United Kingdom
... exchanges between people within the network, and shared identities that develop, can influence the amount of support an individual has, as well as giving access to other sources of help. Reciprocity and trust. This dimension measures the amount of trust individuals have in others, those they know an ...
... exchanges between people within the network, and shared identities that develop, can influence the amount of support an individual has, as well as giving access to other sources of help. Reciprocity and trust. This dimension measures the amount of trust individuals have in others, those they know an ...
Social studies of social science
... fore. If ‘facts’ are products, what is the status of social scientific accounts of their making? Are they not constructions too and, if so, how can the social sciences be ...
... fore. If ‘facts’ are products, what is the status of social scientific accounts of their making? Are they not constructions too and, if so, how can the social sciences be ...
First chapter of study guide
... actually not much more than one individual’s organised reflection of his (for the most part these are the thoughts of men) personal experiences. After the Second World War, there was a rapid expansion in scientific research into management and organisation, and, when we speak of organisation and man ...
... actually not much more than one individual’s organised reflection of his (for the most part these are the thoughts of men) personal experiences. After the Second World War, there was a rapid expansion in scientific research into management and organisation, and, when we speak of organisation and man ...
Social participation and cultural policy: a position
... document Achieving social cohesion in a multicultural Europe (2006), ‘the development of social cohesion in a multicultural Europe is a key political objective, both vital and attainable, for our modern societies. It can be achieved by transcending the limits of “integration" policies, particularly ...
... document Achieving social cohesion in a multicultural Europe (2006), ‘the development of social cohesion in a multicultural Europe is a key political objective, both vital and attainable, for our modern societies. It can be achieved by transcending the limits of “integration" policies, particularly ...
Dual-inheritance theory: the evolution of human cultural capacities
... categorized into (i) content biases and (ii) COlt text biases. Content biases, or what Boyd and Richerson (1985) have called direct biases, cause us to more readily acquire certain beliefs, ideas or behaviours because some aspect of their con tent makes them more appealing (or more likely to be in ...
... categorized into (i) content biases and (ii) COlt text biases. Content biases, or what Boyd and Richerson (1985) have called direct biases, cause us to more readily acquire certain beliefs, ideas or behaviours because some aspect of their con tent makes them more appealing (or more likely to be in ...
The Two Sides of Mimesis
... of the objects of our desire is not as relevant as the fact that the very same objects are the targets of others’ desire. One could in principle object against such apparently negative and one-sided view of mankind, in general, and of mimesis, in particular. However, such argument would misrepresent ...
... of the objects of our desire is not as relevant as the fact that the very same objects are the targets of others’ desire. One could in principle object against such apparently negative and one-sided view of mankind, in general, and of mimesis, in particular. However, such argument would misrepresent ...
Collective Power, Generalized Belief, and Hegemonic Spaces
... recognizable collective behaviour emerges, such as a mob, social movement, or revolution. Finally, social control determines how far the collective action will get. Social control includes violence and repression, but also surveillance: “a mechanism that coerces by means of observation” (Foucault, 1 ...
... recognizable collective behaviour emerges, such as a mob, social movement, or revolution. Finally, social control determines how far the collective action will get. Social control includes violence and repression, but also surveillance: “a mechanism that coerces by means of observation” (Foucault, 1 ...
Behavioral Science - Senior Dogs for Seniors
... • Scary thing must predict wonderful thing • Good thing must happen quickly • Good thing should be something your dog is “crazy” about only gets when the scary thing shows up • Don’t ask for anything when scary thing shows up, just want dog to notice scary thing • Start with the scary thing far enou ...
... • Scary thing must predict wonderful thing • Good thing must happen quickly • Good thing should be something your dog is “crazy” about only gets when the scary thing shows up • Don’t ask for anything when scary thing shows up, just want dog to notice scary thing • Start with the scary thing far enou ...
- LSE Research Online
... framework through which practitioners in different disciplines can work together. This process followed an unplanned bottom-up path which required for its full expression an inclusive and safe environment of collaborative enquiry. Interdisciplinarity was thus neither a normative goal nor naturalised ...
... framework through which practitioners in different disciplines can work together. This process followed an unplanned bottom-up path which required for its full expression an inclusive and safe environment of collaborative enquiry. Interdisciplinarity was thus neither a normative goal nor naturalised ...
ELEMENTS OF CHANGE 6. BEHAVIORAL THERAPY 6.1
... measures how long the client can tolerate an anxiety-inducing stimulus. The BAT falls under the exposure-based methods of Behavior Therapy. Exposure-based methods of behavioral therapy are well suited to the treatment of phobias, which include intense and unreasonable fears (e.g., of spiders, blood, ...
... measures how long the client can tolerate an anxiety-inducing stimulus. The BAT falls under the exposure-based methods of Behavior Therapy. Exposure-based methods of behavioral therapy are well suited to the treatment of phobias, which include intense and unreasonable fears (e.g., of spiders, blood, ...
Psychology Study Guide
... Environmental psychology. Comparative psychology. Consumer psychology. Understand and distinguish between the following applied fields of psychology: Industrial psychology. Organizational psychology. Human factors psychology. Community psychology. Forensic psychology. Health psycho ...
... Environmental psychology. Comparative psychology. Consumer psychology. Understand and distinguish between the following applied fields of psychology: Industrial psychology. Organizational psychology. Human factors psychology. Community psychology. Forensic psychology. Health psycho ...
Why evolutionary psychology is `true". A review of Jerry Coyne, Why
... 2005). We are not suggesting that every hypothesis proposed by evolutionary psychologists has been tested, but untested hypotheses can be found in any science. Theoretical articles are immensely useful in providing a framework for future empirical research on a particular topic. To dismiss an entire ...
... 2005). We are not suggesting that every hypothesis proposed by evolutionary psychologists has been tested, but untested hypotheses can be found in any science. Theoretical articles are immensely useful in providing a framework for future empirical research on a particular topic. To dismiss an entire ...