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ZC_1_14 — Social Media Psychology
Social media usage is now near-universal among adolescents and young adults in developed nations (95% of US teens, Pew 2023), making its psychological effects one of the most debated topics in contemporary psychology. Th
ZC_1_04 — Crowd Psychology & Mass Movements
Crowd psychology — the study of how individuals behave differently when part of a large group — has been a central concern of social science since Gustave Le Bon's The Crowd (1895), one of the most influential and contro
ZC_1_11 — Psychology of Time
The psychology of time encompasses how humans perceive duration, orient themselves across past-present-future, and how temporal cognition influences decision-making, memory, motivation, and well-being.
ZC_1_06 — Social Identity & Group Dynamics — Tajfel, Sherif
Social identity theory and its predecessor, realistic conflict theory, provide the dominant scientific frameworks for understanding how humans form group identities and how intergroup conflict arises.
ZC_4_07 — Childhood and the Anthropology of Growing Up
The anthropology of childhood — the cross-cultural study of how children are conceived of, raised, taught, disciplined, initiated, and transformed into culturally competent adults — challenges the assumption that childho
ZC_4_02 — Kinship Systems and Social Organization Across Cultures
Kinship — the system of social relationships and categories through which human societies classify relatives, define obligations, regulate marriage, organize inheritance, and structure political authority — is the founda
ZC_4_05 — Tourism, Heritage, and the Anthropology of Sacred Sites
The anthropology of tourism and heritage examines how places, objects, and practices are designated as culturally significant, how they are consumed by visitors, and who controls the narratives, profits, and meanings at
ZC_4_17 — Food Anthropology: Culture, Identity, and Power at the Table
Food anthropology examines how the production, preparation, distribution, and consumption of food encode cultural meaning, reinforce social hierarchies, and express identity. Claude Lévi-Strauss proposed the "culinary tr
ZC_4_09 — Visual Anthropology: Ethnographic Film and Image as Evidence
Visual anthropology — the study of human societies through visual media (photography, film, video, digital platforms) and the anthropological analysis of visual systems — occupies a unique position at the intersection of
ZC_4_13 — Indigeneity and Indigenous Rights
Indigeneity and Indigenous rights address the political, legal, cultural, and territorial claims of peoples who identify as Indigenous — the original inhabitants of territories subsequently colonized by settlers, with di
ZC_4_08 — Structuralism in Social Science — Lévi-Strauss to Bourdieu
Structuralism — the intellectual movement that sought to uncover the deep, universal structures underlying the surface diversity of human cultures, languages, myths, kinship systems, and social institutions — was the dom
ZC_4_04 — Medical Anthropology — Culture, Healing, and the Body
Medical anthropology — the study of how health, illness, healing, and the body are experienced, understood, and managed across cultures — is one of anthropology's most productive subfields, bridging biological and social
ZC_2_06 — Urban Sociology and City Planning
Urban sociology examines the social life, structures, and problems of cities, while city planning addresses the intentional design of urban spaces. By 2007, more than half of humanity lived in cities for the first time i
ZC_2_10 — Political Sociology and Power
Political sociology examines the social bases of political power — how authority is produced, maintained, legitimated, and contested. Max Weber (1864–1920) defined the state as the institution that successfully claims a
ZC_2_09 — Sociology of Gender and Sexuality
The sociology of gender and sexuality examines how societies construct, enforce, and contest gender categories and sexual norms. The sex-gender distinction (introduced to sociology by Ann Oakley, Sex, Gender and Society,
ZC_2_16 — Social Capital
Social capital — the networks of relationships, norms of reciprocity, and trust that facilitate collective action and cooperation within and between groups — emerged as one of the most influential and contested concepts
ZC_2_20 — Social Capital Theory — Putnam
Social capital — the networks of relationships, norms of reciprocity, and trust that facilitate cooperation among individuals and groups — became one of the most influential and contested concepts in social science follo
ZC_2_07 — Sociology of Health and Illness
Medical sociology (or the sociology of health and illness) examines how social structures, institutions, and relationships shape health outcomes, health behaviors, and the organization of healthcare. Foundational concept
ZC_2_05 — Criminology and Deviance
Criminology studies the nature, causes, consequences, and control of criminal behavior, while deviance encompasses behavior that violates social norms, whether or not it is legally criminal. Classical theories: Émile Dur
ZC_2_14 — Sociology of the Family
Sociology of the family examines how families are structured, how they function as social institutions, and how they have transformed historically. Talcott Parsons (1955) theorized the mid-20th-century American nuclear f
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