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  2. Theory of generations - Wikipedia

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    Mannheim defined a generation (note that some have suggested that the term cohort is more correct) to distinguish social generations from the kinship (family, blood-related generations) [2] as a group of individuals of similar ages whose members have experienced a noteworthy historical event within a set period of time.

  3. Strauss–Howe generational theory - Wikipedia

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    In 1993, Charles Laurence at the London Daily Telegraph wrote that, in 13th Gen, Strauss and Howe offered this youth generation "a relatively neutral definition as the 13th American generation from the Founding Fathers,". [96] According to Alexander Ferron's review in Eye Magazine, "13th Gen is best read as the work of two top-level historians ...

  4. Adaptive mesh refinement - Wikipedia

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    Adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) changes the spacing of grid points, to change how accurately the solution is known in that region. In the shallow water example, the grid might in general be spaced every few feet—but it could be adaptively refined to have grid points every few inches in places where there are large waves.

  5. Sociological theory - Wikipedia

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    Grounded theory is a systematic methodology in the social sciences involving the generation of theory from data. With a largely qualitative method, the goal of this approach is to discover and analyze data through comparative analyses , though it is quite flexible in its use of techniques.

  6. Social selection - Wikipedia

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    The F 1 generation of the asexual dandelions will contain the same ratio as the P-generation. Conversely, following standard principles of sexual reproduction, the F 1 generation will be 25% A 1 A 1, 25% A 2 A 2, and 50% A 1 A 2. With the addition of differential survival related to these genotypes (certain genotypes surviving better in ...

  7. Sociobiology - Wikipedia

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    Edward H. Hagen writes in The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology that sociobiology is, despite the public controversy regarding the applications to humans, "one of the scientific triumphs of the twentieth century." "Sociobiology is now part of the core research and curriculum of virtually all biology departments, and it is a foundation of the ...

  8. Social complexity - Wikipedia

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    In sociology, social complexity is a conceptual framework used in the analysis of society. In the sciences, contemporary definitions of complexity are found in systems theory , wherein the phenomenon being studied has many parts and many possible arrangements of the parts; simultaneously, what is complex and what is simple are relative and ...

  9. Robert K. Merton - Wikipedia

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    Merton enrolled in Parsons' theory course while at Harvard, admiring Parsons' work because it introduced him to European methods of theory, while also broadening his own ideas about sociology. However, unlike Parsons, who emphasized the necessity for social science to establish a general foundation, Merton preferred more limited, middle-range ...