social process
Let an agent explain social processes as a sociological concept, relay classic typologies and theories from sociological sources with attribution, describe major kinds, and distinguish social processes from social structures, social institutions, social movements and individual behaviour.
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Understand What a social process is.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a social process, and how does it differ from social structure, institutions, movements and individual behaviour? definition
- Is the question about the concept, a typology, a specific process or a theory? boundary
Kinds
Kinds.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What are cooperation, competition, conflict, accommodation, assimilation, socialisation and large-scale processes? definition
- Which entry fits the specific process? action
Theory Theory.
Classic
Classic typologies.
Classic
Classic.
- How did Park, Burgess, von Wiese and others classify social processes, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Modern
Modern approaches.
Modern
Modern.
- How do process sociology, network and practice theories treat social processes? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Research Research.
Methods
Methods.
Methods
Methods.
- How are social processes studied with longitudinal, historical and computational methods? provenance
- Which entry fits social research? action
Change
Social change.
Change
Change.
- How do social processes relate to theories of social change? provenance
- Which entry fits social change? action
Context Applications.
Policy
Policy.
Policy
Policy.
- How is understanding of social processes used in policy and planning? provenance
- Which entry fits social policy? action
History
History.
History
History.
- How did the concept develop in early sociology? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of sociology? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.PRC
What it is Filled
A pattern of social interaction or change that unfolds over time within a society, such as socialisation, cooperation, competition, conflict, accommodation, assimilation, urbanisation, industrialisation and globalisation, studied in sociology as the dynamic counterpart of social structure; social processes are both recurring phenomena and processes in the general sense.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain social processes as a sociological concept, relay classic typologies and theories from sociological sources with attribution, describe major kinds, and distinguish social processes from social structures, social institutions, social movements and individual behaviour.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Dynamic
- Interactional
- Typologised
- Macro and micro
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Present assimilation or any social change as a natural outcome that people must accept.
- Use social theory to justify discrimination against a group.
- Profile individuals or groups as threats on the basis of social process models.
Only with a human decision
- Using social process models to target policy at specific communities.
May
- Explain social processes such as socialisation and assimilation as sociology describes them.
- Summarise research on a social process, presenting different theories fairly.
Moral aspects Filled
- Forced assimilation and urbanisation have destroyed communities and cultures.
- Social science framing affects how minorities and migrants are treated.
Who is affected
- Minorities and migrants
- Communities undergoing change
- Policy makers
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the concept; it is studied across the social sciences.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q3249551 - registry parent class
- Q483247 - registry parent class
related
- process - in registry terms
- phenomenon - in registry terms
- social structure - the static counterpart
- Robert E. Park - with Ernest Burgess
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.social-process
- Wikidata: Q2305441 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2305441)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- classic typology: Park and Burgess, 1921 note - competition, conflict, accommodation, assimilation
- associative and dissociative processes: von Wiese note
- registry parents: process; phenomenon note
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Pattern of social interaction or change over time
- Cooperation, competition, conflict, assimilation, socialisation, urbanisation, globalisation
- Structures are stable arrangements; institutions are established patterns; movements are organised efforts; behaviour is individual
- Not a visible object; patterns of interaction over time.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the concept
- relay typologies and theories
- describe kinds
- distinguish related concepts
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Vagueness of the concept
- Presenting one theory as settled
- Confusing processes with structures or movements
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- No regulation
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a sociological concept.
- associative processes such as cooperation, accommodation and assimilation
- dissociative processes such as competition and conflict
- socialisation and social control
- large-scale processes such as urbanisation, industrialisation, secularisation and globalisation
- social change as a general process
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q2305441: social process - identity and sense of the item
- Social interaction - Processes of interaction between individuals and groups.
Open questions
- Should the major kinds be separate primary entries?
- How should sociological sources be linked?
- How should the registry relate this to social change?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q2305441/spec.json