Roger A Straus
Biographic Data
| ID | 316205 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roger A Straus |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roger A |
| FAMILY NAME | Straus |
| SIGNATURE | STRAUS R A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Davis |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1954 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Discussion on the Practical Value of Sociology
Doing Sociology: Case Studies in Sociological Practice
This successor to the well-known Using Sociology covers standard topics found in any sociology textbook. Doing Sociology walks lay readers through the steps of doing real-life sociological practices as conducted by experts in the field. The contributors to this volume range from university and college faculty, government sociologists, and practitioners from the private sector. Each of the chapters is by intention and design a personal statement, …
Using Sociology: An Introduction from the Clinical Perspective
Simple Games for Teaching Sociological Perspectives: Four Examples of the Do-It-Yourself Approach
The task of communicating basic sociological perspectives to today's introductory students can be greatly facilitated by integrating experiential methods with the traditional lecture and discussion format. Toward this end, we can use simple learning games which anticipate and/or reinforce themes and concepts discussed in texts and lectures. Instructors are urged to develop their own teaching games, which can be structured or improvisational, util…
Scientology 'Ethics: Deviance, Identity and Social Control in a Cult-like Social World
Qualitative research at the macrosocial level can be facilitated by examining the more fully articulated social worlds existing within advanced societies. Based on the author's field research, Scientology's structure, culture, and comparability to American capitalist society are discussed and 'Ethics,' its institution of social control, is shown to involve a paradigm in which conduct flows from social identity and deviance is defined in terms of …
The Social-Psychology of Religious Experience: A Naturalistic Approach
The Theoretical Frame of Symbolic Interactions: A Contextualist, Social Science
Symbolic interactionism is differentiated from conventional 'natural science' approaches as an exemplification of pure 'social science.' This alternative philosophy of science is described and contrasted with mechanistic natural science along lines set forth by Pepper and recently elaborated by Sarbin: it is a contextualist mode of science concerned with the qualitative analysis of human conduct in interpersonal situations. Validity is assessed b…
Religious Conversion as a Personal and Collective Accomplishment
Religious conversion has conventionally been treated as something that happens to the person. This represents a passivist paradigm within the mechanistic world view of classical science. An alternative paradigm is proposed from an activist perspective within a contextual world hypothesis typical of interactionist and dramaturgical analysis. In this view, conversion is treated as the accomplishment of an actively strategizing seeker interacting wi…
Hypnosis as Reality Reconstruction: A Sociological Analysis of the Hypnosis Process
Drinking in College
Religious Conversion as a Personal and Collective Accomplishment
Religious conversion has conventionally been treated as something that happens to the person. This represents a passivist paradigm within the mechanistic world view of classical science. An alternative paradigm is proposed from an activist perspective within a contextual world hypothesis typical of interactionist and dramaturgical analysis. In this view, conversion is treated as the accomplishment of an actively strategizing seeker interacting wi…
Using Sociology: An Introduction from the Clinical Perspective
Simple Games for Teaching Sociological Perspectives: Four Examples of the Do-It-Yourself Approach
The task of communicating basic sociological perspectives to today's introductory students can be greatly facilitated by integrating experiential methods with the traditional lecture and discussion format. Toward this end, we can use simple learning games which anticipate and/or reinforce themes and concepts discussed in texts and lectures. Instructors are urged to develop their own teaching games, which can be structured or improvisational, util…
The Social-Psychology of Religious Experience: A Naturalistic Approach
The Theoretical Frame of Symbolic Interactions: A Contextualist, Social Science
Symbolic interactionism is differentiated from conventional 'natural science' approaches as an exemplification of pure 'social science.' This alternative philosophy of science is described and contrasted with mechanistic natural science along lines set forth by Pepper and recently elaborated by Sarbin: it is a contextualist mode of science concerned with the qualitative analysis of human conduct in interpersonal situations. Validity is assessed b…
Scientology 'Ethics: Deviance, Identity and Social Control in a Cult-like Social World
Qualitative research at the macrosocial level can be facilitated by examining the more fully articulated social worlds existing within advanced societies. Based on the author's field research, Scientology's structure, culture, and comparability to American capitalist society are discussed and 'Ethics,' its institution of social control, is shown to involve a paradigm in which conduct flows from social identity and deviance is defined in terms of …
Hypnosis as Reality Reconstruction: A Sociological Analysis of the Hypnosis Process
Drinking in College
Hypnosis as Reality Reconstruction: A Sociological Analysis of the Hypnosis Process
Religious Conversion as a Personal and Collective Accomplishment
Religious conversion has conventionally been treated as something that happens to the person. This represents a passivist paradigm within the mechanistic world view of classical science. An alternative paradigm is proposed from an activist perspective within a contextual world hypothesis typical of interactionist and dramaturgical analysis. In this view, conversion is treated as the accomplishment of an actively strategizing seeker interacting wi…
The Social-Psychology of Religious Experience: A Naturalistic Approach
The Theoretical Frame of Symbolic Interactions: A Contextualist, Social Science
Symbolic interactionism is differentiated from conventional 'natural science' approaches as an exemplification of pure 'social science.' This alternative philosophy of science is described and contrasted with mechanistic natural science along lines set forth by Pepper and recently elaborated by Sarbin: it is a contextualist mode of science concerned with the qualitative analysis of human conduct in interpersonal situations. Validity is assessed b…
Simple Games for Teaching Sociological Perspectives: Four Examples of the Do-It-Yourself Approach
The task of communicating basic sociological perspectives to today's introductory students can be greatly facilitated by integrating experiential methods with the traditional lecture and discussion format. Toward this end, we can use simple learning games which anticipate and/or reinforce themes and concepts discussed in texts and lectures. Instructors are urged to develop their own teaching games, which can be structured or improvisational, util…
Scientology 'Ethics: Deviance, Identity and Social Control in a Cult-like Social World
Qualitative research at the macrosocial level can be facilitated by examining the more fully articulated social worlds existing within advanced societies. Based on the author's field research, Scientology's structure, culture, and comparability to American capitalist society are discussed and 'Ethics,' its institution of social control, is shown to involve a paradigm in which conduct flows from social identity and deviance is defined in terms of …
Using Sociology: An Introduction from the Clinical Perspective
Doing Sociology: Case Studies in Sociological Practice
This successor to the well-known Using Sociology covers standard topics found in any sociology textbook. Doing Sociology walks lay readers through the steps of doing real-life sociological practices as conducted by experts in the field. The contributors to this volume range from university and college faculty, government sociologists, and practitioners from the private sector. Each of the chapters is by intention and design a personal statement, …
A Discussion on the Practical Value of Sociology
Epistemology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (2 works)