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Medical Tourism
Overview Medical tourism refers to individuals traveling outside their home country to access hea...
Life Expectancy
Overview Life expectancy is the average number of years an individual can expect to live based on...
Pandemic
Overview A pandemic is a widespread global disease outbreak that affects large populations across...
Attention Economy
Historical Context The roots of the "Attention Economy" are complex, predating the digital age. ...
Symbolic Interactionism
Definition Symbolic interactionism is a sociological perspective that focuses on how individuals ...
Blumer's Stages of Social Problems
Overview Herbert Blumer’s stages of a social problem (1971) describe how society collectively def...
Sociological Imagination
Definition The sociological imagination, a term coined by C. Wright Mills in 1959, refers to the ...
Realistic Conflict Theory
Overview Realistic Conflict Theory, developed by Muzafer Sherif, explains prejudice and intergrou...
Conflict as Social Interaction
Definition Conflict as social interaction refers to a situation where two or more individuals or ...
In-Group Bias
Overview In-group bias refers to the human tendency to favor individuals we identify as being par...
Primary Group
Definition A primary group in sociology refers to a small, intimate social grouping where members...
Secondary Group
Definition A secondary group in sociology refers to a type of social group where interactions are...
Social Identity Threat
Overview Social Identity Threat (SIT) is a psychological phenomenon where individuals feel anxiou...
Superiority Complex
Definition A superiority complex is a psychological state where an individual excessively believe...
Personality
Definition Personality refers to the unique set of traits, behaviors, and patterns of thinking th...
Inferiority Complex
Definition An inferiority complex is a psychological state where an individual consistently feels...
Individual Psychology
Overview Individual Psychology, developed by Alfred Adler in the early 20th century, focuses on u...
Horney, Karen Theory of Personality
Overview Karen Horney (1885–1952) was a German-American psychoanalyst and one of the founding fig...
Hans and Sybil Eysenck's Theory of Personality
Overview Hans and Sybil Eysenck were influential psychologists who developed one of the most wide...
Big Five Model
Overview The Big Five Model is a widely used framework in psychology to describe human personalit...