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  2. Visual sociology - Wikipedia

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    Visual sociologists can categorize and count them; ask people about them; or study their use and the social settings in which they are produced and consumed. So the second meaning of visual sociology is a discipline to study the visual products of society—their production, consumption and meaning.

  3. Field theory (sociology) - Wikipedia

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    In sociology, field theory examines how individuals construct social fields, and how they are affected by such fields. Social fields are environments in which competition between individuals and between groups takes place, such as markets, academic disciplines, musical genres, etc. [1] Fields feature different positions that social actors can

  4. Feature integration theory - Wikipedia

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    According to Treisman, the first stage of the feature integration theory is the preattentive stage. During this stage, different parts of the brain automatically gather information about basic features (colors, shape, movement) that are found in the visual field. The idea that features are automatically separated appears counterintuitive.

  5. Field theory (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Field Theory Image 1 Field Theory Image 2. According to field theory, a person's life is made up of multiple distinct spaces. Image 1 is an example of the total field, or environment. Image 2 is showing a person, and a goal they have. This image shows that there are forces pushing a person toward their goal.

  6. Sociomapping - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, hills are formed on the places representing typical preference configurations and this allows for visual cluster analysis, or segmentation. In this sense, Large systems Sociomapping is a data mining approach based on visual pattern recognition). Typical uses for Large systems Sociomapping are: political research (preferences and polls)

  7. Sociological theory - Wikipedia

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    A sociological theory is a supposition that intends to consider, analyze, and/or explain objects of social reality from a sociological perspective, [1]: 14 drawing connections between individual concepts in order to organize and substantiate sociological knowledge.

  8. Mental mapping - Wikipedia

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    Mental maps have also been used to describe the urban experience of children. In a 2008 study by Olga den Besten mental maps were used to map out the fears and dislikes of children in Berlin and Paris. The study looked into the absence of children in today's cities and the urban environment from a child's perspective of safety, stress and fear ...

  9. Field theory - Wikipedia

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    Field theory (psychology), a psychological theory which examines patterns of interaction between the individual and his or her environment; Field theory (sociology), a sociological theory concerning the relationship between social actors and local social orders