Master Status-Sociology Definition, Examples, Role & Ranks

Master Status-Sociology Definition, Examples, Role & Ranks

Introduction A master status is a concept in sociology describing the privilege or right of one group to dominate over another. Talcott Parsons coined the term in his book “The Social System.” Sociologists and anthropologists use the term master status as a theoretical tool to describe the relationships between groups of unequal status. Parsons describes…

Interactional Perspective- What it is and the Basics

Interactional Perspective- What it is and the Basics

Introduction Interactionism is a theory within social psychology that claims that people’s behaviour depends upon the impact and effect of their environment. Behavior has to do with both the environment and people as they interact. Interactionism is one of the oldest perspectives in social psychology because it believes that behavior results from the environment and…

Differential Association Theory-Fully Explained

Differential Association Theory-Fully Explained

Introduction Differential association theory is an influential sociological theory of criminal behavior developed by Edwin Sutherland in the 1930s. The main assumption of this theory is that all criminal behavior is learned. Sutherland defined crime as a process that involves three persons(Sutherland, 1939). According to him, the first person is the one who commits an…

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