General sociology

General sociology

General terms relating to the study of society.

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suburban way of life

Sociology; General sociology

Those live in the suburbs have a distinctive way of life described as quasi primary involving close almost family like relationships with neighbours and friends.

totem

Sociology; General sociology

An animal which a group of people believed to be their sacred ancestor and protector. The group that reverse a totem and whose members believe themselves to be mystically related to it.

totemic kinship

Sociology; General sociology

The symbolic relationship among the members of a sib who worships the same totem.

accommodation

Sociology; General sociology

The process of adjustment in the social relations among essentially antagonistic groups whereby certain mutually tolerable working arrangements arise which diminish for overt expressions of the ...

The process whereby new culture traits are adopted and incorporated into an existing culture. The process of mutual modification of two or more different cultures which are in contact with each other ...

achievement motivation

Sociology; General sociology

According to D.C McClelland, the need to perform well or achievement motivation significantly determines a person's effort in reaching some given standard of excellence in comparison with ...

action theory

Sociology; General sociology

It distinguishes action from mere behavior in that action involves meanings or intentions. Action theory is an analysis of action starting with the individual actor. Analysis proceeds in terms of ...