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Anthropology, Sociology, and Social Work are three disciplines interested in the study of human behavior. Anthropology is committed to the analysis of human behavior, past and present, across the world; anthropology's four fields have as cornerstones both cultural relativism and the fact of human evolution. Sociology ... studies human behavior, though it is more interested in industrialized societies; most often, sociology looks at behavior in groups and institutions as major subjects of study. Social Work takes sociological and anthropological data, as well as information from psychology, social pyschological, family studies, and child development, to come up with theories of human behavior and practice guidelines. Social Work, for instance, has insisted for a number of decades that human behavior is embedded within social networks; lately this set of theories is called Human Behavior in the Social Environment. All three disciplines are united in their passion for resolving issues of social justice; all three disciplines are concerned with empowering the powerless.
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Sociology is the study of the way humans influence each other through groups, organizations, and societies. Sociologists investigate social change as well as the causes and consequences of human behavior in a variety of contexts, from families to political movements to hospitals. Often combining scientific and humanistic perspectives, sociologists analyze survey data, carry out in-depth interviews, ethnographic studies and content analyses. The Sociology major at Pomona College emphasizes social theory and research, culminating in the senior exercise, which allows each student to carry out an original research project with the advice of one or two faculty members.
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Sociology, including economic, political, and cultural systems, has origins in the common stock of human knowledge and philosophy. Social analysis has been carried out by scholars and philosophers at least as early as the time of Plato.
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Jeremy Staff, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology received the Mentored Research Scientist Development Award in Population Research from the National Institute of Child Health and Development. Jeremy's research interests are criminology, life course and stratification. The award supports his project entitled Early Work Experiences and the Transition to Adulthood. In addition to this honor, he has two forthcoming articles. Work and Occupations will publish "Tracing the Timing of 'Career' Acquisition in a Contemporary Youth Cohort" by Jeylan T. Mormer, Michael Vuolo, Jeremy Staff, Sara Wakefield and Wanling Xie. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development will soon publish "Social Class Background and the 'School to Work' Transition" by Jeremy Staff and Jeylan T. Mortimer.
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Sociology as a discipline developed from theoretical writings of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century. The predominant theories stem from the work of Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Talcott Parsons, Robert Merton, and James Coleman. The influence of this rich theoretical foundation has manifested itself in major debates over the role of sociology as a science. European and American perspectives on sociology as a science differ, with the American perspective favoring sociology as a scientific discipline and emphasizing a more quantitative methodological approach than the European approach.
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In addition to the two awards for A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness Third Edition, McGraw-Hill Higher Education and Open University Press were honored in BMA's Basis of Medicine category for Patient Safety by Kieran Walshe and Ruth Boaden. This resource presents a research-based perspective on patient safety, drawing together the most recent ideas and thinking from researchers on how to research and understand patient safety issues, and how research findings are used to shape policy and practice.
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