Examples of social isolation in the following topics:
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- However, individuals in every society must cope with social isolation.
- Social isolation refers to a complete or near-complete lack of contact with society.
- Social isolation is distinct from loneliness.
- Social isolation, by contrast, can be objectively measured in terms of a person's social contact and relationships.
- Any individual from any segment of society may be socially isolated, but senior citizens are especially susceptible to the risk factors that may trigger social isolation.
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- Social isolation occurs when members of a social species (like humans) have complete or near-complete lack of contact with society.
- Social isolation is usually imposed involuntary, not chosen.
- Social isolation can be problematic at any age, although it has different effects for different age groups (that is, social isolation for children may have different effects than social isolation for adults, although both age groups may experience it).
- Social isolation can be dangerous because the vitality of individuals' social relationships affect their health.
- Interpret why social isolation can be problematic for a person in society and the importance of social connections
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- Tönnies's work shifted from conceiving of alienation in economic terms to thinking of alienation in social terms.
- Anomie describes a lack of social norms, or the breakdown of social bonds between an individual and his community ties, resulting in the fragmentation of social identity.
- According to Durkheim, when one is caught in a normless state in society, one has no parameters to hold on to and, accordingly, cannot situate oneself within that society, and so becomes socially adrift and isolated.
- Current debates about social alienation and anomie pop up in many social critiques of an increasingly technological world.
- Compare the theories of economic and social alienation posited by Marx, Simmel, Tönnies, and Durkheim
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- A feral child is a human child who has lived isolated from human contact from a very young age.
- A feral child is a human child who has lived isolated from human contact from a very young age, and has no (or little) experience of human care, loving or social behavior, and, crucially, of human language.
- Some feral children have been confined in isolation by other people, usually their own parents.
- In reality, feral children lack the basic social skills that are normally learned in the process of enculturation.
- The fact that feral children lack these abilities pinpoints the role of socialization in human development.
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- In short, socialization is the process that prepares humans to function in social life.
- Socialization is, of course, a social process.
- Not all socialization is voluntary nor is all socialization successful.
- Depending on the degree of isolation and resocialization that takes place in a given institution, some of these institutions are labeled total institutions.
- It is very difficult to socialize a child who became isolated at a very young age into a relatively normal member of society and such individuals often need close care throughout their lives.
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- Social deprivation theory has had implications for family law.
- Humans are social beings, and social interaction is essential to normal human development.
- By observing and interviewing victims of social deprivation, research has provided an understanding of how social deprivation is linked to human development and mental illness.
- Feral children are children who grow up without social interaction.
- In other cases, they may have been abused by parents who kept them isolated from other people.
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- One of the most interesting thing about social structures is their sub-structure in terms of groupings or cliques.
- To what extent do the sub-groups and social structures over-lap one another?
- Certain individuals may act as "bridges" among groups, others may be isolates; some actors may be cosmopolitans, and others locals in terms of their group affiliations.
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- In most societies, it is the principal institution for the socialization of children.
- As a unit of socialization, the family is the object of analysis for certain scholars.
- For sociologists, the family is considered to be the agency of primary socialization and is called the first focal socialization agency.
- Common in the western societies, the model of the family triangle, where the husband, wife, and children are isolated from the outside, is also called the oedipal model of the family.
- As a unit of socialization, the family is the object of analysis for sociologists of the family.
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- In the social sciences a social group is defined as two or more humans who interact with one another, share similar characteristics and collectively have a sense of unity.
- Social groups come in a myriad of sizes and varieties.
- Group dynamics refers to a system of behaviors and psychological processes occurring within a social group or between social groups.
- Dyads and triads are the smallest social groups.
- German sociologist Georg Simmel argued that as the group becomes greater, the individual becomes separated and grows more alone, isolated and segmented.
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- "Food deserts" are areas with low access to fresh produce and nutritious groceries, typically found in poor urban neighborhoods or isolated rural areas, and can be considered an environmental cause of negative health outcomes for the lower class.
- "Food deserts" are areas with low access to fresh produce and nutritious groceries, typically found in poor urban neighborhoods or isolated rural areas, and can be considered an environmental cause of negative health outcomes for the lower class.
- A person's social class has a significant impact on their physical health, their ability to receive adequate medical care and nutrition, and their life expectancy.
- Social determinants of health are the economic and social conditions that influence individual and group differences in health status.
- Many social scientists hypothesize that the higher rate of illness among those with low SES can be attributed to environmental hazards.