Category: S

A process of reducing the uncertainty about a person’s beliefs and attitudes by comparing them to those of others. The process of evaluating oneself by comparing oneself with others on relevant dimensions.    

A person’s knowledge and understanding or person’s social relationships and social institutions.  

An instrument used to assess a specific environment involving several factors, such as personal relationships, person development, and environmental quality.  

A grouping of people on a dimension of social prestige. Often perceived as ranging from upper-upper to lower-lower.  

The process of affecting change through altering the structure and function of a social system involving individual and group learning.  

The process of measuring the social responsibility activities of an organization.  

Includes small and large group interactions and are represented by halfway houses, the day and night hospitals, voluntary agencies, e.g. alcoholic anonymous, and rehabilitation centers.  

The state of being unrecognized as an individual by society.  

One of the major approaches used to create change at the community level emphasizes task and process goals. Objectives usually entail the modification of policies of formal organizations.  

Learning how others differ from oneself and how to deal with such differences occurs rapidly during the school years.