Forming categories is a basic cognitive operation allowing animals to attain concepts, i.e. to represent various classes of objects, natural or artificial, physical or social. Categories can also be formed about the relations holding among these objects, notably similarity and identity. Some of the cognitive processes involved in categorisation will be enumerated. Also, special reference will b...

background: despite all the positive features of the internet, there are serious concerns about the use and effects of this technology on human mental health. this study aimed to determine the relationship between the internet addiction and students’ social self-efficacy, identity styles and gender differences. methods: in a descriptive-correlational study, 200 undergraduate and graduate studen...

in the new societies, the women’s gender identity affected by the external atmosphere, communal relationships, as well as life experiences is constantly changing.  in terms of sociology, the type of the division of atmosphere is the reflection of the social relationship dominant on the society and it is considered as an index towards the mode of the organization of society as well as a foundati...

The line between lifestyle and social identity in sociology is based on the distinction between traditional and modern society. In traditional societies lifestyle and social identity are based on their related features. However, in this regard, in terms of time precedence, modern societies mainly offer two different answers, each based on different theoretical approaches. The first and the olde...

This paper studies the role of social security in the prevention of social deviances. About 304 of high school girl students in Shoush (South west of Iran) were (systematic) randomly chosen. The research method was survey with questionnaire. The data were analyzed through spss along with Pearson coefficient correlation, Analysis of Variance, multivariable regression and path analysis were used ...

The article considers the commercially successful works of fiction written in Ukrainian since beginning Ukraine’s independence, and provides a brief excursion into history issue. A bestseller is viewed as multifunctional phenomenon, emergence which determined by not only presence literary text itself, but also infrastructure competent marketing necessary for good sales. In 1990s there were no c...