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1 online resource (xiv, 314 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
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The middle range
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Middle range.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Intro; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Concepts in Sociological Analysis; Part I. Concepts and Spaces; 2. Preliminaries; 3. Semantic Space; 4. Concepts as Probability Densities in Semantic Space; 5. Conceptual Spaces: Domains and Cohorts; 6. Expanding Spaces to Compare Concepts; 7. Informativeness and Distinctiveness; Part II. Applying Concepts; 8. Categories and Categorization; 9. Free Categorization; 10. Concepts, Perception, and Inference; Part III. Bridges to Sociological Application; 11. Conceptual Ambiguity and Contrast; 12. Valuation |
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Part IV. Concepts in Social Interaction13. The Group Level: Conceptual and Extensional Agreement; 14. Social Inference and Taken-for-Grantedness; 15. Broadening the Scope of Application; Part V. Appendixes; Appendix A: Glossary of Technical Terms; Appendix B: Some Elemental First-Order Logic; Appendix C: Proofs; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
A team of sociologists presents a groundbreaking model of concepts and categorization that can guide sociological and cultural analysis of a wide variety of social situations. Using this model, important yet commonplace phenomena such as routine buying decisions can be quantified in terms of the cognitive distance between concepts. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Categorization (Psychology)
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Categorization (Psychology) |
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Concepts.
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Concepts. |
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Social psychology.
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Social psychology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Mens, Gaël Le, author.
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Hsu, Greta, author.
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Kovács, Balázs Áron, author.
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Negro, Giacomo, author.
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Pólos, László, author.
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Pontikes, Elizabeth, author.
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Sharkey, Amanda J., author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hannan, Michael T. Concepts and categories. New York : Columbia University Press, [2019] 9780231192729 (DLC) 2018061321 |
| ISBN |
0231549938 |
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9780231549936 (electronic book) |
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9780231192729 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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