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Rumor
Definition In sociology, a rumor is a piece of unverified information that circulates within a gr...
Nonverbal Social Interaction
Definition Nonverbal social interaction refers to the way people communicate and connect without ...
Mass Hysteria
Definition Mass hysteria, also known as collective hysteria or mass delusion, is a sociological p...
Fad
Definition A fad is a temporary and rapidly spreading phenomenon within a culture or society that...
Ethnomethodology
Definition Ethnomethodology is a sociological approach that studies how people create and maintai...
Distance Zones
Definition Distance zones refer to the invisible boundaries people maintain between themselves an...
Cooperation as Social Interaction
Definition Cooperation as social interaction refers to when two or more individuals work together...
Competition as Social Interaction
Definition Competition as social interaction refers to the way individuals or groups engage with ...
Bystander Effect
Definition The bystander effect refers to a psychological phenomenon where individuals are les...
Behavioral Ecology
Definition Behavioral ecology is a field of study that examines how people behave in relation to ...
Social Loafing
Definition Social loafing refers to the phenomenon where individuals exert less effort when wo...
Scientific Management
Definition Scientific management, developed by Frederick Winslow Taylor in the early 1900s, is an...
Obedience
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Nature vs Nurture Issue
Definition The nature–nurture issue is a long-standing debate over the relative influence of gene...
Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO's)
Definition A Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) is a type of managed health insurance plan tha...
Health Insurance Experience Ratings
Definition Experience ratings in health insurance refer to a method used by insurance companies t...
Health Insurance Community Ratings
Definition Community rating in health insurance refers to a pricing method where premiums (the am...
Social Institutions
Definition Social institutions are the pillars of society. They are structured systems of norms,...
Group Polarization and Groupthink
Definition Group polarization refers to the tendency for group discussion to strengthen the domin...
Systems of Generational Relationships
Definition Systems of generational relationships refer to how families or societies trace descent...