The Sense That a Person Must Keep a Foot in Two

question 36

Short Answer

The sense that a person must keep a foot in two worlds, one in the majority group's world and one in the minority group's world is called .

Recognize Simmel's concepts on secrecy, money, and their impacts on social interactions.

Understand George Simmel's perspective on society's impact on the individual and vice versa.

Recognize the importance of the concept of the stranger in Simmel's sociology.

Comprehend Simmel's views on the role and consequences of money in modern society.

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Definitions:

Commission

An instruction, command, or duty given to a person or group of people.

Fixed-ratio Schedule

This is a schedule of reinforcement where a response is rewarded only after a specified number of responses.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process where behavior is controlled by consequences, including reinforcements and punishments to increase or decrease the behavior's occurrence.

Partial Reinforcement

A conditioning schedule where only a portion of responses are reinforced, leading to slower acquisition of a response but greater resistance to extinction.