paradigm
(noun)
A system of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality.
Examples of paradigm in the following topics:
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Sociology Today
- However, a number of broad paradigms cover much modern sociological theorizing.
- In the humanistic parts of the discipline, these paradigms are referred to as social theory, often shared with the humanities.
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The Conflict Perspective
- Du Bois theorized that the intersectional paradigms of race, class, and nation might explain certain aspects of Black political economy.
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The Conflict Perspective
- According to the Conflict paradigm, every society is plagued by inequality based on social differences among the dominant group and all of the other groups in society.
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Sociology Majors
- Most also grasp the differences in the theoretical paradigms of sociology (e.g., structural functionalism, conflict theory, etc.).
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New Social Movements
- The term new social movements (NSMs) is a theory of social movements that attempts to explain the plethora of new movements that have come up in various western societies roughly since the mid-1960s (i.e. in a post-industrial economy), which are claimed to depart significantly from the conventional social movement paradigm .
- The term new social movements (NSMs) is a theory of social movements that attempts to explain the plethora of new movements that have come up in various western societies roughly since the mid-1960s (i.e. in a post-industrial economy), which are claimed to depart significantly from the conventional social movement paradigm.
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The "McDonaldization" of Society
- Where Max Weber used the model of the bureaucracy to represent the direction of this changing society, Ritzer sees the fast-food restaurant as having become a more representative contemporary paradigm in contemporary societies.
- Where Max Weber used the model of the bureaucracy to represent the direction of this changing society, Ritzer sees the fast-food restaurant as having become a more representative contemporary paradigm.
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The Asch Experiment: The Power of Peer Pressure
- They are also known as the Asch paradigm.
- Variations of the basic paradigm tested how many cohorts were necessary to induce conformity, examining the influence of just one cohort and as many as fifteen.
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Competition
- The two academic bodies of thought on the assessment of competitiveness are the Structure Conduct Performance Paradigm and the more contemporary New Empirical Industrial Organisation model.
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The Conflict Perspective on Deviance
- Karl Marx is the father of the social conflict theory, which is a component of the four paradigms of sociology.
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Are We Prisoners of Socialization?
- But how do scholars working in the three major theoretical paradigms approach this topic?