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Oct 4, 2023 · Key Takeaways. Labeling theory is an approach in the sociology of deviance that focuses on the ways in which the agents of social control attach stigmatizing stereotypes to particular groups, and the ways in which the stigmatized change their behavior once labeled. Labeling theory is associated with the work of Becker and is a reaction to ...
One type of sociological study examines the sorts of social conditions, such as negative life events, ongoing stressful circumstances, demanding social roles, levels of social support, and the strength of cultural systems of meaning, that affect levels of mental health and illness.
- Allan V. Horwitz
- 2009
Apr 6, 2019 · The Basic Nature of Othering in Human Psychology. One of the powerful lessons of the social and behavioral sciences pertains to the ineradicable nature of the ingroup/outgroup effect (Billig ...
Feb 28, 2020 · Hacking refers to these feedback effects as ‘looping effects’. Based on 51 interviews with 15-year-olds, this article explores how young people interact with psychiatric labels associated with their wellbeing such as anxiety and depression .
- Sofia Kvist Lindholm, Anette Wickström
- 2020
Mar 27, 2017 · When defining social change, researchers from both sociology and psychology distinguish two types of social change based on the pace of change: incremental (e.g., first-order change, beta change, decline, gradual, small-scale) and dramatic (e.g., second-order, gamma, abrupt, collapse, large-scale).
Aug 1, 2018 · The bystander effect, the reduction in helping behavior in the presence of other people, has been explained predominantly by situational influences on decision making. Diverging from this view, we highlight recent evidence on the neural mechanisms and dispositional factors that determine apathy in bystanders.
Jun 1, 2014 · We describe and contrast the main accounts of priming effects in cognitive and social psychology, focusing especially on the role of awareness.
