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Category: Sociology Dictionary

  • A Short Note on Scapegoat Theory/ Scapegoating and Examples

    Scapegoating is a social and psychological process by which one shift blame on others, who he may find vulnerable, for his/her problems, failures, misdeeds. The origin of this theory can be found with reference to the bible where the ‘goat’ – an animal- is burdened with all the sins of the human race and is…

  • A Short Note on Polytheism and Examples – Explained

    Theism refers to a belief in a god or any higher power. Polytheism is a type of theism, it refers to a belief in more than one deity or god.  These deities (which are a part of the polytheistic religion) come together to form a Pantheon- which is a group of a particular set of…

  • what is symbolic interaction theory in sociology? and Examples

    Symbolic interactionism as a theory to understand the micro-level phenomenon of the society was given by George Herbert Mead, though he did not do much work on this. It is a sociological theory, also known as a symbolic interaction perspective. Symbolic interactionism focuses on looking at the actions and interactions among the individuals rather than…

  • What is a Pilot Study in Research? and Examples

    Pilot Study in Research Various disciplines carry out research on a large scale, such researches involve a large sample and are time-consuming and costly. There are various method and techniques, whether scientific or not, that are chosen as suitable to carry out the research. A pilot survey is carried out before the actual research to…

  • Untouchability – Forms and Perspectives

    To completely understand what untouchability is, how and why it is practiced, we must first understand that there ‘four-fold system’ in India which divides the population into four Varnas or groups namely Brahmins, Kshatriya, Vaisya, and Shudra. They are placed in a hierarchy and observe rules of purity and pollution (higher castes being the purest…

  • A Short Note on Psephology and Examples – Explained

    Psephology is literally defined as the scientific study of elections. It is a sort of statistical analysis which studies the elections, the voting patterns, the electoral behavior and helps predict the results. W.F.R Hardie coined this term for the first time in the United Kingdom in 1948.  This term is derived from Greece and psēphos…

  • Misdemeanor : Meaning, Classification, and Examples

    There are various crimes that place in the society since crimes are deviant behavior it is often considered appropriate that they entail consequences or punishment, this punishment is decided based on the seriousness of the crime. Thus they differ in their degree or class and their seriousness. Based on these crimes are divided into infractions,…