Leslie Wasson
Biographic Data
| ID | 74864 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leslie Wasson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leslie |
| FAMILY NAME | Wasson |
| SIGNATURE | WASSON L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Phillips Graduate Institute |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Space
Space has many faces, including individual, private, public, and “human” space. Although some theorists use the terms space and place interchangeably, they are not the same concept. A place is a social organization of space to which we have attached a particular meaning, and in which certain activities are more likely to occur. Space is the physical distance among the elements of which that place is constituted
Identity Politics/Relational Politics
Symbolic interaction theories contribute to our understanding of how people use their social statuses and identities to compete with others for advantage. They may do this as one individual to another, or they may use their social group memberships to leverage their status in comparison to others
Emotion: Social‐Psychological Aspects
People may perceive emotion as residing in the individual and composed of some portion of personal subjective experience. However, certain common patterns of emotional experience exist. Shared social definitions of emotions are generally recognized, and these can be evoked or referenced in socially appropriate situations. These emotion norms then become incorporated into the definition of the situation. While psychology and psychiatry have invest…
Myth
A myth is a story that has a parallel structure linking the past to the present and suggesting directions for the future. Myth, according to Lévi‐Strauss, allows anthropology to understand the underlying structure of a culture by examining linguistic elements and their relations to one another. A myth may be a cautionary or moral tale, or may be about idealized behavioral standards. Within sociology, the primary use of the word “myth” has been ra…
Place
The concept of place is used three ways in sociology. First, there is the microsociological concept of place as a material location; second, the identification or attachment an individual develops to a particular location; and, third, a niche in the social stratification system
Chaos
Both quantitative and qualitative explorations of chaos and complexity theories have been proposed or attempted in social research. However, most applications of chaos theory are still conceptual rather than empirical. The most success seems to be had with social movement data, although it appears that other systems data could also be successfully explained using these frameworks. References are provided to illustrative theoretical and empirical …
Identity Politics/Relational Politics
The subject of identity politics rests within a set of related concepts, such as the distribution of social power, social location and status, and a stratified system in which these interpersonal resources may be valued and used for purposes of individual or group advantage over other individuals or groups. Groups in a stratified system—that is, a social system with a ranked structure of positions—may contend for advantage among themselves. Each …
Identity Politics/Relational Politics
Human society is no stranger to exercises of interpersonal power and identity politics. Power is the ability to get what you want with or without the consent or cooperation of others. Effects of deployed power are observable at the structural and institutional levels of society, and in face‐to‐face interactions. A discussion of identity politics (sometimes also called relational politics) may focus on either the class or group level or the level …
Socialization, Primary
Socialization is the process by which humans learn – ways of being and doing considered appropriate and expected in their social environments. We call it primary socialization when the individual is a newly added member of society and is therefore experiencing this process for the first time. Primary socialization has the social psychological characteristic of primacy, meaning that its position as first in the acquisition of social knowledge rend…
Chaos
Chaos theory emerged over the past several decades in the physical sciences as an explanatory framework for processes that appeared disorderly, such as turbulence or weather patterns, but which had complex mathematical models behind their seeming randomness. Complexity theory developed as an offshoot of chaos theory. It seeks to explain, among other things, the diversification of biological systems using a parsimonious set of predictors
Chaos
Chaos theory emerged over the past several decades in the physical sciences as an explanatory framework for processes that appeared disorderly, such as turbulence or weather patterns, but which had complex mathematical models behind their seeming randomness. Complexity theory developed as an offshoot of chaos theory. It seeks to explain, among other things, the diversification of biological systems using a parsimonious set of predictors.
Socialization, Primary
Socialization is the process by which humans learn the ways of being and doing considered appropriate and expected in their social environments. We call it primary socialization when the individual is a newly born member of society and is therefore experiencing this process for the first time. Primary socialization has the social psychological characteristic of primacy, meaning that its position as first in the acquisition of social knowledge ren…
Emotion: Social Psychological Aspects
People may perceive emotion as residing in the individual and composing some portion of personal subjective experience. However, certain common patterns of emotional experience exist. We have shared social definitions of emotions, which are generally recognized and which can be evoked or referenced in socially appropriate situations. These emotion norms then become incorporated into the definition of the situation. While psychology and psychiatry…
Identity Politics/Relational Politics
Human society is no stranger to exercises of interpersonal power and identity politics. The annals of political history are replete with descriptions of these exercises. Power is the ability to get what you want with or without the consent or cooperation of others. Effects of deployed power are observable at the structural and institutional levels of society, and in face‐to‐face interactions. A discussion of identity politics (sometimes also call…
Space
Space has many faces: the bubble of individual space, the private spaces we maintain for our personal lives, the situated space defined for social interactions, the public spaces of wider social activity, and space as a scarce distributed resource in the organization of human social life. A sociological examination of space might look at one or more of these aspects. Although some theorists use the terms space and place interchangeably, they are …
Place
The concept of place is used three ways in sociology. First, there is the microsociological concept of place as a material location; a fixed, bounded site which can be identified with a particular set of situated expectations and behaviors. A second use of the term refers to the identification or attachment an individual develops to a particular location, usually geographical, which has an influence on his or her ongoing self‐identity. A third us…
Myth
A myth is a story that has a parallel structure linking the past to the present and suggesting directions for the future. A myth may be a cautionary tale, as in the urban myths that teenagers tell about the dangers inherent in parking on dark side roads. A myth may also be a moral tale, as in morality plays and bedtime stories. Myths also may be about idealized behavioral standards, as in hero myths. As a sociological term, however, the primary u…
Product Review: Studies in Symbolic Interaction, Vol. 25
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Product Review: Studies in Symbolic Interaction, Vol. 25
Chaos
Chaos theory emerged over the past several decades in the physical sciences as an explanatory framework for processes that appeared disorderly, such as turbulence or weather patterns, but which had complex mathematical models behind their seeming randomness. Complexity theory developed as an offshoot of chaos theory. It seeks to explain, among other things, the diversification of biological systems using a parsimonious set of predictors.
Socialization, Primary
Socialization is the process by which humans learn the ways of being and doing considered appropriate and expected in their social environments. We call it primary socialization when the individual is a newly born member of society and is therefore experiencing this process for the first time. Primary socialization has the social psychological characteristic of primacy, meaning that its position as first in the acquisition of social knowledge ren…
Emotion: Social Psychological Aspects
People may perceive emotion as residing in the individual and composing some portion of personal subjective experience. However, certain common patterns of emotional experience exist. We have shared social definitions of emotions, which are generally recognized and which can be evoked or referenced in socially appropriate situations. These emotion norms then become incorporated into the definition of the situation. While psychology and psychiatry…
Identity Politics/Relational Politics
Human society is no stranger to exercises of interpersonal power and identity politics. The annals of political history are replete with descriptions of these exercises. Power is the ability to get what you want with or without the consent or cooperation of others. Effects of deployed power are observable at the structural and institutional levels of society, and in face‐to‐face interactions. A discussion of identity politics (sometimes also call…
Space
Space has many faces: the bubble of individual space, the private spaces we maintain for our personal lives, the situated space defined for social interactions, the public spaces of wider social activity, and space as a scarce distributed resource in the organization of human social life. A sociological examination of space might look at one or more of these aspects. Although some theorists use the terms space and place interchangeably, they are …
Place
The concept of place is used three ways in sociology. First, there is the microsociological concept of place as a material location; a fixed, bounded site which can be identified with a particular set of situated expectations and behaviors. A second use of the term refers to the identification or attachment an individual develops to a particular location, usually geographical, which has an influence on his or her ongoing self‐identity. A third us…
Myth
A myth is a story that has a parallel structure linking the past to the present and suggesting directions for the future. A myth may be a cautionary tale, as in the urban myths that teenagers tell about the dangers inherent in parking on dark side roads. A myth may also be a moral tale, as in morality plays and bedtime stories. Myths also may be about idealized behavioral standards, as in hero myths. As a sociological term, however, the primary u…
Identity Politics/Relational Politics
Human society is no stranger to exercises of interpersonal power and identity politics. Power is the ability to get what you want with or without the consent or cooperation of others. Effects of deployed power are observable at the structural and institutional levels of society, and in face‐to‐face interactions. A discussion of identity politics (sometimes also called relational politics) may focus on either the class or group level or the level …
Socialization, Primary
Socialization is the process by which humans learn – ways of being and doing considered appropriate and expected in their social environments. We call it primary socialization when the individual is a newly added member of society and is therefore experiencing this process for the first time. Primary socialization has the social psychological characteristic of primacy, meaning that its position as first in the acquisition of social knowledge rend…
Chaos
Chaos theory emerged over the past several decades in the physical sciences as an explanatory framework for processes that appeared disorderly, such as turbulence or weather patterns, but which had complex mathematical models behind their seeming randomness. Complexity theory developed as an offshoot of chaos theory. It seeks to explain, among other things, the diversification of biological systems using a parsimonious set of predictors
Identity Politics/Relational Politics
The subject of identity politics rests within a set of related concepts, such as the distribution of social power, social location and status, and a stratified system in which these interpersonal resources may be valued and used for purposes of individual or group advantage over other individuals or groups. Groups in a stratified system—that is, a social system with a ranked structure of positions—may contend for advantage among themselves. Each …
Space
Space has many faces, including individual, private, public, and “human” space. Although some theorists use the terms space and place interchangeably, they are not the same concept. A place is a social organization of space to which we have attached a particular meaning, and in which certain activities are more likely to occur. Space is the physical distance among the elements of which that place is constituted
Identity Politics/Relational Politics
Symbolic interaction theories contribute to our understanding of how people use their social statuses and identities to compete with others for advantage. They may do this as one individual to another, or they may use their social group memberships to leverage their status in comparison to others
Emotion: Social‐Psychological Aspects
People may perceive emotion as residing in the individual and composed of some portion of personal subjective experience. However, certain common patterns of emotional experience exist. Shared social definitions of emotions are generally recognized, and these can be evoked or referenced in socially appropriate situations. These emotion norms then become incorporated into the definition of the situation. While psychology and psychiatry have invest…
Myth
A myth is a story that has a parallel structure linking the past to the present and suggesting directions for the future. Myth, according to Lévi‐Strauss, allows anthropology to understand the underlying structure of a culture by examining linguistic elements and their relations to one another. A myth may be a cautionary or moral tale, or may be about idealized behavioral standards. Within sociology, the primary use of the word “myth” has been ra…
Place
The concept of place is used three ways in sociology. First, there is the microsociological concept of place as a material location; second, the identification or attachment an individual develops to a particular location; and, third, a niche in the social stratification system
Chaos
Both quantitative and qualitative explorations of chaos and complexity theories have been proposed or attempted in social research. However, most applications of chaos theory are still conceptual rather than empirical. The most success seems to be had with social movement data, although it appears that other systems data could also be successfully explained using these frameworks. References are provided to illustrative theoretical and empirical …
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