Glossary S

Deutsch: Gesellschaft
Society refers to the social relationships, customs, and institutions that shape the way people live their lives and interact with one another. Society includes the norms, values, and expectations that guide behavior and shape the way people think and feel about themselves and others.

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A Socio-cognitive conflict refers to intellectual Conflict created as a result of being exposed to the differing views of other people.

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Sociobiology (also known as Evolutionary psychology refers to a biological approach to understanding behavior which assumes that recurring patterns of behavior in animals ultimately stem from evolutionary pressures that increase the likelihood of adaptive social actions and extinguish nonadaptive practices.

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Sociocentrism refers to the ability to understand and relate to views and perspectives of others.

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Sociocognitive model of dissociative identity disorder refers to the view that an person who appears to have dissociative identity disorder might be enacting a social role.

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Sociocultural factors refer to social Identity and other background factors, such as gender, ethnicity, social class, and c

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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.

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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.

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