Matthew Effect
(noun)
The idea that those who have control will maintain control.
Examples of Matthew Effect in the following topics:
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Conflict
- The idea that those who have control will maintain control is called the Matthew Effect.
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HIV and AIDS
- A report by American health expert Matthew Hanley titled "The Catholic Church and the Global AIDS Crisis" argues that cultural, religion-based changes are needed.
- It also has very unpleasant side effects, including diarrhea, malaise, nausea and fatigue.
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Introduction
- Theorists like Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) believed that culture is simply that which is created by "the best that has been thought and said in the world".
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Teachers' Expectations
- The Pygmalion effect was famously applied to the classroom in the Rosenthal-Jacobson study, published in 1968.
- This is a case of a self-fulfilling prophecy, or the Pygmalion effect.
- Within sociology, the effect is often cited with regard to education and social class.
- The Pygmalion effect was famously applied to the classroom in the Rosenthal-Jacobson study, published in 1968.
- How might teachers' expectations create a Pygmalion effect?
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Children of Divorce and Impact of Divorce
- Sociologists and psychologists have found that the effects of divorce heavily depend on the child's age at the time the divorce occurs.
- Sociologists and psychologists have conducted research that shows the effects of divorce heavily depend on the child's age at the time the divorce occurs.
- Some effects an infant may have include a loss of appetite and an increase in spit up.
- Some of the effects for children at this age may include baby-like behavior such as old toys, a baby blanket, or even wetting the bed.
- Compare and contrast the effects of divorce on infants and adolescents
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Deprivation and Development
- Maternal deprivation theory explains the effects of separating infants and young children from their mother.
- The idea that separation from the female caregiver has profound effects is one with considerable resonance outside the conventional study of child development.
- Feral children provide an example of the effects of severe social deprivation during critical developmental periods.
- Attachment theory may explain why social deprivation has such dire effects for children .
- The idea that separation from the female caregiver has profound effects is one with considerable resonance outside the conventional study of child development.
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The Incest Taboo, Marriage, and the Family
- The most widely held hypothesis proposes that the so-called Westermarck effect discourages adults from engaging in sexual relations with individuals with whom they grew up.
- The existence of the Westermarck effect has achieved some empirical support.
- The Westermarck effect, first proposed by Edvard Westermarck in 1891, is the theory that children reared together, regardless of biological relationship, form a sentimental attachment that is by its nature non-erotic.
- Another school argues that the incest prohibition is a cultural construct that arises as a side effect of a general human preference for group exogamy.
- Analyze the different constructs of the incest taboo, ranging from biological (the Westermarck effect) to cultural (endogamy and exogamy)
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Coleman's Study of Between-School Effects in American Education
- In 1966, the Coleman Report launched a debate about "school effects," desegregation and busing, and cultural bias in standardized tests.
- The report, titled "Equality of Educational Opportunity," came to be known as the "Coleman Report. " At the time, it launched widespread debate on school effects, or the ways in which school-level characteristics influence student achievement.
- The Coleman Report was commonly presented as evidence that school funding has little effect on student achievement.
- In fact, the report did not deny that funding or other school effects matter, but it did argue that other factors are more important.
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Economic Sociology
- Economic sociology is the study of the social causes and social effects of various economic phenomena.
- Economic sociology is the study of the social causes and social effects of various economic phenomena.
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Preventing Illness
- For an intervention to be applied widely it generally needs to be affordable and highly cost effective.
- For instance, intrauterine devices (IUD) are highly effective and highly cost effective contraceptives, however where universal health care is not available the initial cost may be a barrier.