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The Role of Social Dreaming – Utopia as the Unknown Variable in Social Innovation?
Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, 2022The aim of this article is to establish a conceptual connection between social innovation (SI) and utopia. Both refer to change in the future, imply an intent to bring about or envision a better state of affairs and therefore offer some critique of the present.
Langergaard, Luise Li; id_orcid 0000-0002-8274-9562 +1 more
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Generation as a social variable
Children's Geographies, 2020In this short paper, I start with a case study – about how elementary school children in the early twentieth century in England understood their responsibilities vis-a-vis family (and school).
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The Influence of Social and Nonsocial Variables on the Simon Effect [PDF]
Experimental Psychology, 2015 Abstract. Recently, the Simon effect (SE) has been observed in social contexts when two individuals share a two-choice task. This joint SE (JSE) has been interpreted as evidence that people co-represent their actions. However, it is still not clear if the JSE is driven by social factors or low-level mechanisms.
Mussi, D, MARINO, BARBARA, Riggio, L.
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The Dependent Variable in Social Media Use
Journal of Computer Information Systems, 2014What is the dependent variable in social media use? From a research perspective, this is a pertinent question to help explain and understand the behaviors that underpin the widespread adoption and use of social media throughout society. From a practical perspective, the question is relevant for social media technology providers, for businesses that use
Helana Scheepers +3 more
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Quantification of Social Variables
2020This chapter is entitled ‘Quantification’. It shows have readily data may be quantified. It covers from the relatively simple techniques (such a simple comparisons) to the more exotic approaches (such as discriminant analysis and factor analysis). The appendix also contains the methodology of the Delphi Technique.
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Social Reconstruction Variables and the Morale of the Aged
The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1985Key variables from the Kuypers and Bengtson social reconstruction model were operationalized to investigate their relationship to selected measures of morale. They were incorporated in a questionnaire that was completed by 229 retired, noninstitutionalized men and women.
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Latent Variables in Psychology and the Social Sciences
Annual Review of Psychology, 2002▪ Abstract The paper discusses the use of latent variables in psychology and social science research. Local independence, expected value true scores, and nondeterministic functions of observed variables are three types of definitions for latent variables. These definitions are reviewed and an alternative “sample realizations” definition is presented.
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Social Stereotypes as a Variable in Egocentrism
The Journal of Early Adolescence, 1982This study was designed to investigate the nature of stereotypes in early adolescents. Subjects from grades seven and eight were administered the Stereotypic Image Scale, patterned after Elkind and Bowen's Imaginary Audience Scale, to determine the extent to which they projected imaginary audience behavior on to social stereotypes, such as musical ...
Antoinette L. Richter +3 more
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Social Schemas: An Investigation of Age and Socialization Variables
Psychological Reports, 1971The Felt Figure Replacement Technique (FFRT) was administered to 160 normally adjusted male Ss in three distinct chronological age groups. It was hypothesized that the existence of common social schemas would vary with age and that a neutral-latency group of Ss (aged 9.5 to 10.5 yr.) would produce different schematic reconstructions based on relative ...
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Public Self-Consciousness, Social Anxiety, and Variability of Social Behavior
Psychological Reports, 1984Social anxiety and public self-consciousness are compared as predictors of variability of social behavior by 242 subjects tested prior to entering college. Social anxiety is the stronger of the two predictors, increasing variance accounted for by 12%. Results are consistent with an explanation which emphasizes a motive to avoid disapproval.
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