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Role Conflict
Definition Role conflict occurs when a person experiences competing demands or expectations from ...
Nonverbal Social Interaction
Definition Nonverbal social interaction refers to the way people communicate and connect without ...
Exchange as Social Interaction
Definition Exchange as social interaction refers to the process where individuals or groups excha...
Ethnomethodology
Definition Ethnomethodology is a sociological approach that studies how people create and maintai...
Dramaturgy
Definition Dramaturgy is a sociological concept developed by Erving Goffman, who compared social ...
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...
Conflict as Social Interaction
Definition Conflict as social interaction refers to a situation where two or more individuals or ...
Competition as Social Interaction
Definition Competition as social interaction refers to the way individuals or groups engage with ...
Behavioral Ecology
Definition Behavioral ecology is a field of study that examines how people behave in relation to ...
Language
Definition Language is a system of communication used by humans through the use of speech, writin...
Division of Labor
Definition The division of labor is a concept where tasks or processes are split into smaller, sp...
Cultural Transmission Theory
Definition Cultural transmission theory in the context of crime and deviance explains how individ...
Deviance as Individual Choice
Definition The Theory of Deviance as Individual Choice is a sociological perspective that suggest...
Pluralism
Definition Pluralism in sociology refers to a social system or society characterized by diversity...
Assimilation
Definition Assimilation is a process through which individuals or groups adopt the cultural norms...
Cultural Relativism
Definition Cultural relativism is the idea that a culture's beliefs, practices, and values should...
Hans and Sybil Eysenck's Theory of Personality
Definition Hans and Sybil Eysenck proposed a biologically based model of personality that emphasi...
Biological Markers of Mental Illness
Definition Biological markers of mental illness, often called biomarkers, are measurable changes ...
Stanford Prison Experiment
Definition The Stanford Prison Experiment was a groundbreaking study conducted in 1971 by psychol...