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  • Robert King Merton (born Meyer Robert Schkolnick; July 4, 1910 – February 25, 2003) was an American sociologist who is considered a founding father of...
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  • Robert Merton may refer to: Robert K. Merton (1910–2003), American sociologist Robert C. Merton (born 1944), American economist, Nobel Laureate, MIT professor...
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  • satisfaction from doing their work and therefore feeling alienated. Robert K. Merton does not directly define self-estrangement in his Theory of Deviancy...
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  • Middle-range theory (sociology) (category Robert K. Merton)
    Middle-range theory, developed by Robert K. Merton, is an approach to sociological theorizing aimed at integrating theory and empirical research. It is...
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    changing dynamics in financial institutions. Merton was born in New York City to sociologist Robert K. Merton, who was of Jewish descent, and Suzanne Carhart...
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    in the Western Pacific. It was later modified for sociology by Robert K. Merton. Merton appeared interested in sharpening the conceptual tools to be employed...
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  • remarked the occurrence, in science, of "multiple independent discovery". Robert K. Merton defined such "multiples" as instances in which similar discoveries...
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    been advanced by Robert King Merton (1938), Albert K. Cohen (1955), Richard Cloward, Lloyd Ohlin (1960), Neil Smelser (1963), Robert Agnew (1992), Steven...
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  • richer and the poor get poorer". The term was coined by sociologists Robert K. Merton and Harriet Zuckerman in 1968 and takes its name from a loose interpretation...
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  • research has looked at how these three centrisms impact one another. Merton, Robert K. (1972). "Insiders and Outsiders: A Chapter in the Sociology of Knowledge"...
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  • In 1942, Robert K. Merton described four aspects of science that later came to be called Mertonian norms: "four sets of institutional imperatives taken...
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  • Social Theory and Social Structure (category Robert K. Merton)
    Social Structure (STSS) was a landmark publication in sociology by Robert K. Merton. It has been translated into close to 20 languages and is one of the...
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    This was followed in 1937 by a much-cited survey of the subject by Robert K. Merton, the American sociologist, 'The sociology of knowledge'. With the dominance...
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    MacGarry, Daniel Doyle. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 167. Merton, Robert K. (1993). On the Shoulders of Giants. A Shandean Postscript. The Post-Italianate...
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    November 29, 1941. Merton, Robert K. "The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy." The Antioch Review, Summer 1948. p. 193–210. Merton, Robert K. "Discrimination and...
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    Lewis. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 6. LCCN 65-10112 Barber, Robert K. Merton, Elinor (2006). The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity: A Study...
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  • Bibcode:1965Sci...149..510D. doi:10.1126/science.149.3683.510. PMID 14325149. Merton, Robert K. (1957). "Priorities in Scientific Discovery: a chapter in the sociology...
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  • Thomas Merton OCSO (January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968) was an American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist and scholar...
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  • Obliteration by incorporation (category Robert K. Merton)
    by Robert K. Merton in 1949, although some incorrectly attribute it to Eugene Garfield, whose work contributed to the popularization of Merton's theory...
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    for comparison and evaluation of group and personal characteristics. Robert K. Merton hypothesized that individuals compare themselves with reference groups...
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