Search results for: “social science”

  • Social Analysis

    Hierarchical Display of Social analysis Social Questions > Social frameworkScience > Humanities > Social sciencesScience > Humanities > Social sciences > SociologyProduction, Technology And Research > Research and intellectual property > Research policy > Research body > Think tank […]

  • Antisocial Personality Disorder

    Definition of Antisocial Personality Disorder The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Antisocial Personality Disorder: A personality disorder that involves disregard for the rights or others, as well as impulsive, irresponsible and aggressive behaviour. […]

  • Social Mobility

    Definition of Social Mobility The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Social Mobility: The movement of an individual or group from one class or social status to another. Usually, the point of reference is an individual’s class or status of social […]

  • Social Maps

    Definition of Social Maps The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Social Maps: The term map is used primarily as a metaphor (although one could actually place data or statistics on a geographic map). Mapping in the first sense means identifying the social […]

  • Conscience Collective

    Definition of Conscience Collective The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Conscience Collective: A concept associated with Emile Durkheim (1858-1917), referring to the common norms, values and beliefs shared in by members of a community. It consists of […]

  • Anthropology- Social

    Definition of Anthropology- Social The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Anthropology- Social: Also referred to as cultural anthropology , this discipline is conceptually and theoretically similar to sociology. Anthropology originally developed as the […]

  • Socialization

    Definition of Socialization The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meanings of Socialization: (1) A process of social interaction and communication in which an individual comes to learn and internalize the culture of their society or group. Socialization begins […]

  • Social Disorganization Theory

    Definition of Social Disorganization Theory The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Social Disorganization Theory: The theory that crime and other deviant behaviour is most likely to occur where social institutions are not able to direct and control […]

  • Social Contract Theory

    Definition of Social Contract Theory The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Social Contract Theory: Used metaphorically to suggest that a group of self-interested and rational individuals came together and formed a contract which created society. Each […]

  • Social Contract Theory

    Definition of Social Contract Theory The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Social Contract Theory: Used metaphorically to suggest that a group of self-interested and rational individuals came together and formed a contract which created society. Each […]

  • Political Socialization

    Definition of Political Socialization The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Political Socialization: The component of the process of individuals coming to learn and internalize the culture of their society or group that is directly related to the […]

  • Social Bond

    Definition of Social Bond The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Social Bond: The degree to which an individual is integrated into ‘the social’. Do they have binding ties to the family, to the school, to the workplace, to the community ? While […]

  • Social Bond

    Definition of Social Bond The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Social Bond: The degree to which an individual is integrated into ‘the social’. Do they have binding ties to the family, to the school, to the workplace, to the community ? While […]

  • Social Control Theory

    Definition of Social Control Theory The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Social Control Theory: Attempts to explain why it is that all of us do not commit crime. Or to put this another way: why are most people law-abiding? The answer lies in dimensions […]

  • Social Control Theory

    Definition of Social Control Theory The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Social Control Theory: Attempts to explain why it is that all of us do not commit crime. Or to put this another way: why are most people law-abiding? The answer lies in dimensions […]