- Industry: Printing & publishing
- Number of terms: 12544
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
The rights which, according to natural law theorists, individuals retain in the face of government action and interests.
Industry:Sociology
The reality-testing part of the personality; also referred to as the reality principle. More formally, the personality component that is conscious, most immediately controls behavior, and is most in touch with external reality.
Industry:Sociology
The rather intangible link between individuals and the society of which they are a part. The social bond is created through the process of socialization.
Industry:Sociology
The psychological process whereby one aspect of consciousness comes to be symbolically substituted for another.
Industry:Sociology
The process whereby individuals are assigned to study groups without biases or differences resulting from selection.
Industry:Sociology
The process of converting illegally earned assets, originating as cash, to one or more alternative forms to conceal such incriminating factors as illegal origin and true ownership.
Industry:Sociology
The process in which a person openly rejects that which he or she wants, or aspires to, but cannot obtain or achieve.
Industry:Sociology
The process by which information is encoded, making it unreadable to all but its intended recipients.
Industry:Sociology
