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  2. Mortality salience - Wikipedia

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    Mortality salience is highly manipulated by one's self-esteem. People with low self-esteem are more apt to experience the effects of mortality salience, whereas people with high self-esteem are better able to cope with the idea that their death is uncontrollable.

  3. Frederick Jackson Turner - Wikipedia

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    American Journal of Sociology, 13: 661–675. Turner, Frederick Jackson. "Social Forces in American History Archived August 18, 2013, at the Wayback Machine," presidential address before the American Historical Association American Historical Review, 16: 217–233. Turner, Frederick Jackson. The Frontier in American History. New York: Holt, 1920.

  4. A Scientific Theory of Culture and Other Essays - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] [3] [5] It also contains a short essay on James Frazer. [6] Margaret Mead in her review for the American Journal of Sociology noted that "[t]his book ... will serve the great purpose of communicating the concept of culture to others." [1] Wolfgang Köhler writing for Social Research was more critical of the book. [3]

  5. Social Justice and the City - Wikipedia

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    Social Justice and the City was first published by the Johns Hopkins University Press in 1973. After being out of print for a long time, it was republished by the University of Georgia Press in 2009, after adding Harvey's influential essay "The Right to the City" published previously in the New Left Review.

  6. Sociology of race and ethnic relations - Wikipedia

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    The sociology of race and ethnic relations is the study of social, political, and economic relations between races and ethnicities at all levels of society. This area encompasses the study of systemic racism , like residential segregation and other complex social processes between different racial and ethnic groups.

  7. Peer group - Wikipedia

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    In sociology, a peer group is both a social group and a primary group of people who have similar interests , age, background, or social status. Members of peer groups are likely to influence each others' beliefs and behaviour. [1] During adolescence, peer groups tend to face dramatic changes.

  8. Social simulation - Wikipedia

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    Social simulation is a research field that applies computational methods to study issues in the social sciences.The issues explored include problems in computational law, psychology, [1] organizational behavior, [2] sociology, political science, economics, anthropology, geography, engineering, [2] archaeology and linguistics (Takahashi, Sallach & Rouchier 2007).

  9. Social judgment theory - Wikipedia

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    It is how people's current attitudes shape the development of sharing and communicating information. [1] The psychophysical principle involved for example, is when a stimulus is farther away from one's judgmental anchor, a contrast effect is highly possible; when the stimulus is close to the anchor, an assimilation effect can happen.