Sentences with phrase «sociological models»

I do believe the concept of inertia has not been adequately been considered in either of the physical and sociological models of these scenarios.

Hasan's narratives are far superior to her interpretations, which sometimes rely on odd historical parallels or inappropriate sociological models that impede, rather than enhance, her understanding of the plight of the Copts.

Turning to sociological models will take one into gender issues, which run from complementarian to egalitarian.

Rational choice is a presupposition of another sociological model embraced by Stark: the «theory of religious economies,» which posits that churches and other religious groups operate in a market in which they must compete for adherents.

With an active hurricane season predicted, might be interesting for a sociological model based on this premise to be overlaid onto a climatological model.

To get started, take some time and research the innovation adoption curve of Rogers — a sociological model that describes the adoption or acceptance of a new product or innovation — and ask yourself where you fall on the curve.

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R.S. Burt, «Structural Holes: The Social Structure of Competition» (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1992); P. Caligiuri and M. Lazarova, «A Model for the Influence of Social Interaction and Social Support on Female Expatriates» Cross-Cultural Adjustment,» International Journal of Human Resource Management 13, no. 5 (August 2002): 761 - 772; M.S. Granovetter, «The Strength of Weak Ties,» American Journal of Sociology 78, no. 6 (May 1973): 1360 - 1380; and M.S. Granovetter, «The Strength of Weak Ties: A Network Theory Revisited,» Sociological Theory 1 (1983): 201 - 233.

Knowledge of economic history is critical for good policy making because, as valuable as it is to understand models and theories, in real life policies have to be made in societies that are complex and have political and sociological considerations to take into account.

Others have insisted that their work is social - scientific in the strong sense of the term — that is, as work guided by the correlation of models and data, as are more purely sociological and social - psychological studies.

By contrast, conflict models in sociological theory emphasize the ways in which different groups in a society pursue their own interests and the ways in which different ideologies struggle with one another.

In the first part of his work, Crossan draws heavily on just the kind of sociological and anthropological models Meier avoids.

«Our goal will be primarily the ascertaining of reliable data, not sophisticated sociological interpretation of the data via models,» he writes.

Fourth, many theological models «have been drained of their disclosure possibilities by the vast sociological, psychological, and cultural changes which separate us from the biblical, not least the Old Testament world.»

Some of the characteristic functions of myths, mentioned in Chapter 2 above, are not prominent in the case of models: sociological functions in integrating a group, psychological functions in reducing anxiety, ritual functions in communal celebration.

I'm no expert, but in addition to the vast amount of research I did before my 2nd child (homebirth), my experience with an ob before I switched to a midwife with that same child, my experience with a medicated vaginal hospital birth w / my first child, my experience in talking to dozens of women that have had surgical births, in addition to all that anecdotal «wisdom», I have taken a graduate level Sociology of Medicine class that was an in depth look at our current medical system from a sociological perspective and we spent a couple of weeks talking about the medical model of birth and the alternatives.

This disparity does not appear to stem from any of the sociological factors that might distinguish women from men in current society; rather, the prevailing model is that women suffer from an accumulation of smaller disadvantages, which together result in longer time to tenure or to promotion to a full professorship, less pay compared with that for men who have similar credentials, and diminished representation at the top echelons of scientific society (Sonnert and Holton, 1996; Valian, 1998).

What's included: An Intro to Sociology Social Institutions Sociological Perspectives The Biomedical model and 2 alternatives Concepts of health... Contemporary links throughout.

The concepts covered are: * Camera techniques * Audio techniques * Editing techniques * Mise - en - scene codes * Narrative structure * Genre conventions * Representation * Ideologies * Cultural Spheres and Universes * Institutional Techniques * Audiences models and theories * A wide range of media theories broken into contextual areas into sociological and political This is vital tool in the lead up to the exam period, where it can be used as a revision guide for key concept development, and as a compliment to other units you are teaching.

However, the game will model many of the sociological effects of living in the colonies, as well as how the different colonies interact with each other.

If that would be the case then the monstrosity becomes clear when «social scientist» start using «very accurate, refined and sociological proven models like The Sims» to tell us what will happen if we don't accept CAGW and it's consequences.

A / 2004 / Autoregressive Latent Trajectory (ALT) models: A synthesis of two traditions / Sociological Methods and Research 32: 336 ~ 383

[jounal] Segrave, J. O. / 1985 / Evaluating Three Models of Delinquency Causation for Males and Females: strain Theory, Subculture Theory, and Control theory / Sociological Focus 18: 1 ~ 17

The model is developed from sociological literature on family solidarity (Silverstein & Bengtson, 1997; Silverstein, Lawton, & Bengtson, 1994) and from family systems literature on cohesion (Olson, 2000) and triangulation (Bowen, 1978; Guerin, Fogarty, Fay, & Kautto, 1996).