social life
51social control — 1. Sociol. the enforcement of conformity by society upon its members, either by law or by social pressure. 2. the influence of any element in social life working to maintain the pattern of such life. * * * …
52social behaviourism — A term sometimes applied to the social theories of George Herbert Mead . Mead wanted to distinguish his interest in social action the observable activities of human beings from the behaviourism of contemporary psychologists such as John B. Watson …
53Social disruption — δSocial disruption is a term used in sociology to describe the alteration or breakdown of social life, often in a community setting. For example, the closing of a community grocery store might cause social disruption in a community by removing a… …
54social control — /soʊʃəl kənˈtroʊl/ (say sohshuhl kuhn trohl) noun 1. the enforcement of conformity by society upon its members, either by law or by attitudes. 2. the influence of any element in social life working to maintain the pattern of such life …
55social development — /soʊʃəl dəˈvɛləpmənt/ (say sohshuhl duh veluhpmuhnt) noun the formation and transformation of social life, customs, institutions, etc. Also, social evolution …
56Social determinants of health — are the economic and social conditions under which people live which determine their health. They are societal risk conditions , rather than individual risk factors that either increase or decrease the risk for a disease, for example for… …
57Social Threefolding — is a social movement which aims to reform society by increasing the independence of society s three realms (economy, polity and culture) in such a way that those three realms can mutually correct each other in an ongoing process. The movement… …
58social service — social service, adj. organized welfare efforts carried on under professional auspices by trained personnel. [1850 55] * * * Introduction also called welfare service, or social work, any of numerous publicly or privately provided… …
59Social work with groups — Social Work with GroupsThe group process contains the secret of collective life, it is the key to democracy, it is the master lesson for every individual to learn, it is our chief hope for the political, the social, the international life of the… …
60Social simulation — is the modeling or simulation, normally performed using a computer, of social phenomena (e.g., cooperation, competition, markets, social networks dynamics, etc.). A subset within social simulations are Agent Based Social Simulations (ABSS) which… …
