SOCY 440 - Sociology of the Self-Concept

Institution:

University of Maryland-Global Campus

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Description:

Prerequisite: six credits of sociology or permission of department. The nature of the self-concept and the social forces that mold it. Major sociological, psychological, and psycho-analytic theories of the self-concept. Self-concept motives, mechanisms of self-defense, and the nature of a healthy self-concept. Empirical research dealing with the bearing of social interaction, social structure, social context and social institutions on the self-concept.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.umgc.edu

Phone Number:

(301) 985-7000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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