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  2. Habitus (sociology) - Wikipedia

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    In sociology, habitus (/ ˈ h æ b ɪ t ə s /) is the way that people perceive and respond to the social world they inhabit, by way of their personal habits, skills, and disposition of character. Overview

  3. Sociology - Wikipedia

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    Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life.

  4. Social status - Wikipedia

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    One's external status in society (e.g., race or gender) determines influence in small groups, but so does a person's known ability on the task (e.g., mechanical ability when a car breaks down). [20] This implies that known ability would attenuate the effect of external status, implying a given external status characteristic is not a master status.

  5. Cohabitation - Wikipedia

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    More broadly, the term cohabitation can mean any number of people living together. To "cohabit", in a broad sense, means to "exist together". [1] The origin of the term comes from the mid 16th century, being used as early as 1530. [1] It's from the Latin cohabitare, from co- 'together' + habitare 'dwell'.

  6. Habitability - Wikipedia

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    Habitability is the conformance of a residence or abode to the implied warranty of habitability. [circular definition] A residence that complies is said to be habitable.It is an implied warranty or contract, meaning it does not have to be an express contract, covenant, or provision of a contract.

  7. Society - Wikipedia

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    A society (/ s ə ˈ s aɪ ə t i /) is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations.

  8. Manifest and latent functions and dysfunctions - Wikipedia

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    Manifest functions are the consequences that people see, observe or even expect. It is explicitly stated and understood by the participants in the relevant action. The manifest function of a rain dance, according to Merton in his 1957 Social Theory and Social Structure, is to produce rain, and this outcome is intended and desired by people participating in the ritual.

  9. Sociological theory - Wikipedia

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    Pure sociology is a theoretical paradigm, developed by Donald Black, that explains variation in social life through social geometry, meaning through locations in social space. A recent extension of this idea is that fluctuations in social space—i.e., social time —are the cause of social conflict.