Reading social science - University of London International
... We will therefore be looking at questions about ‘human nature’, social and political order, the ‘self’, knowledge and tradition, social and economic processes and the question of ‘agency’. These texts have been chosen because they are very important in their own right. They have also been chosen bec ...
... We will therefore be looking at questions about ‘human nature’, social and political order, the ‘self’, knowledge and tradition, social and economic processes and the question of ‘agency’. These texts have been chosen because they are very important in their own right. They have also been chosen bec ...
FEMINIST ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY: ISSUES FOR
... Before turning to a discussion of feminist anthropology and sociology, it is important to address the general question: what makes a social science feminist? Alison Wylie identifies three features that seem to be common among social scientists that identify themselves as feminist. First, feminist so ...
... Before turning to a discussion of feminist anthropology and sociology, it is important to address the general question: what makes a social science feminist? Alison Wylie identifies three features that seem to be common among social scientists that identify themselves as feminist. First, feminist so ...
Theoretical psychology
... The fate of the psychology of memory developed in a more unfortunate way, since the theory of activity was only able to rescue it to a lesser degree. For the simple reason that memory is unquestionably associated with the aspect of historicity, and today we already know that it is also intimately as ...
... The fate of the psychology of memory developed in a more unfortunate way, since the theory of activity was only able to rescue it to a lesser degree. For the simple reason that memory is unquestionably associated with the aspect of historicity, and today we already know that it is also intimately as ...
Positivism, Postmodernism, or Critical Theory? A Case Study of
... control, exploitation, and domination. In such an endeavour a reactualized notion of class is of central importance (cf. Fuchs 2008a: chapter 7.3). To make a materialistic analysis also means to conceive society as negativity, to identify antagonisms means to take a look at contradictory tendencies ...
... control, exploitation, and domination. In such an endeavour a reactualized notion of class is of central importance (cf. Fuchs 2008a: chapter 7.3). To make a materialistic analysis also means to conceive society as negativity, to identify antagonisms means to take a look at contradictory tendencies ...
Apples and Oranges:Synthesis without a common denominator
... judgment comes from many independent sources, through many technical means, using multiple criteria embedded in different value systems. Social complexity refers to multi-domain and multi-level judgements, which are poorly understood in totality if studied only by conventional causal models, which a ...
... judgment comes from many independent sources, through many technical means, using multiple criteria embedded in different value systems. Social complexity refers to multi-domain and multi-level judgements, which are poorly understood in totality if studied only by conventional causal models, which a ...
the assessment and predictive generality of self
... 1980; Brown and Inouye, 1978). It follows from the notion of social demand that judgments voiced publicly would create greater social pressures for consistency than would judgments made privately. Results show that neither people’s performances nor the degree of relationship between self-efficacy ju ...
... 1980; Brown and Inouye, 1978). It follows from the notion of social demand that judgments voiced publicly would create greater social pressures for consistency than would judgments made privately. Results show that neither people’s performances nor the degree of relationship between self-efficacy ju ...
