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[1] Whereas pedophilia refers to the sexual preference for children, paraphilic infantilism refers to the sexual interest in being a child. [11] Lawrence and others have posited parallels between gender identity disorder and apotemnophilia, [9] [12] as well as between gender identity disorder and species identity disorder. [13]
Observer bias is one of the types of detection bias and is defined as any kind of systematic divergence from accurate facts during observation and the recording of data and information in studies. [1] The definition can be further expanded upon to include the systematic difference between what is observed due to variation in observers, and what ...
Proposition 1 The more value of an idea, object, activity, or sentiment is predicated on the restricted distribution of information about that idea, object, activity or sentiment, the more likely those persons who so define the value will organize as a secret society.
[1] One of the enduring difficulties with defining "social epistemology" that arises is the attempt to determine what the word "knowledge" means in this context. There is also a challenge in arriving at a definition of "social" which satisfies academics from different disciplines. [1]
In sociology, a social system is the patterned network of relationships constituting a coherent whole that exist between individuals, groups, and institutions. [1] It is the formal structure of role and status that can form in a small, stable group. [1]
A suitable target is any type of individual or property that the motivated offender can damage or threaten in the easiest way possible. [2] If a target is suitable, this means that there is a greater chance that the crime can be committed, rather than, a target that is hard to achieve.
Target fixation is an attentional phenomenon observed in humans in which an individual becomes so focused on an observed object (be it a target or hazard) that they inadvertently increase their risk of colliding with the object.
The "exceptional case" explanation is created at the intersection of low controllability of act and internal locus of control. Using this mode of reasoning, an individual excludes the particular outgroup member from the outgroup.