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Foot-In-The-Door Technique
Definition The foot-in-the-door technique is a psychological strategy where a person makes a smal...
Fad
Definition A fad is a temporary and rapidly spreading phenomenon within a culture or society that...
Door-In-The-Face Technique
Definition The door-in-the-face technique is a psychological strategy where a person makes an unu...
Conformity
Definition Conformity refers to the tendency of individuals to align their behavior, attitudes, o...
Collective Behavior
Definition Collective behavior refers to the spontaneous, temporary, and unstructured actions of ...
Bystander Effect
Definition The bystander effect refers to a psychological phenomenon where individuals are les...
Obedience
Definition Obedience in psychology refers to a behavior where an individual follows the commands ...
Gestalt Principles of Perception
Definition The Gestalt Principles of Perception are a set of psychological theories that describe...
Resocialization
Definition Resocialization is the process of learning new social norms, behaviors, and values tha...
Socialization
Definition Socialization is the process through which individuals learn the norms, values, behavi...
Primary Socialization
Definition Primary socialization is the process through which individuals first learn the norms, ...
Manifest and Latent Functions
Definition Manifest Functions These are the overt, intentional roles that social structures or be...
Rites of Passage
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Conflict Theory
Definition Conflict theory is a sociological perspective that views society as being shaped by on...
Symbolic Interactionist Perspective on Gender Stratification
Definition The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective on Gender Stratification examines how gender r...
Symbolic Interactionism
Definition Symbolic interactionism is a sociological perspective that focuses on how individuals ...
Structural Functionalist Perspective on Social Stratification
Definition The Structural-Functionalist Perspective is a sociological approach that examines how ...
Structural Functionalist Perspective on Gender Stratification
Definition The Structural Functionalist Perspective on Gender Stratification is a sociological th...
Structural Functionalism
Definition Structural functionalism is a sociological perspective that views society as a complex...
Sociological Imagination
Definition The sociological imagination, a term coined by C. Wright Mills in 1959, refers to the ...