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Sociocultural forces refer to one of the four (4) basic forces of development that include interpersonal, societal, cultural, and ethnic factors.
Sociocultural perspective refers to the theoretical perspective that emphasizes the ways that individuals are influenced by people, social institutions, and social forces in the world around them; a perspective of Cognitive development that emphasizes that development is guided by adults interacting with children, with the cultural context determining to a large extent how, where, and when these interactions take place. Sociocultural perspective focuses on the importance of social and cultural contexts in influencing the behavior of individuals.
Deutsch: Soziologie / Español: Sociología / Português: Sociologia / Français: Sociologie / Italian: Sociologia
For Comte, Sociology is a study of the types of explanations various societies accepted for natural phenomena. He believed that, as societies progress, they go from theological explanations, to metaphysical, to positivistic. By sociology, Comte also meant the study of the overt behavior of humans, especially social behavior.