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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 range of mechanisms that combine to bring an environment under the control of its residents.
Industry:Sociology
The psychological process whereby one aspect of consciousness comes to be symbolically substituted for another.
Industry:Sociology
The proportion of reported or discovered crimes within a given offense category which are solved.
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 legitimately-manufactured controlled substances are diverted for illicit use.
Industry:Sociology
The process by which information is encoded, making it unreadable to all but its intended recipients.
Industry:Sociology
