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life-history — An ideographic approach which provides an intensive account of a life, usually gathered through unstructured interviewing , but often also involving the analysis of personal documents such as letters, photographs, and diaries. The approach is… … Dictionary of sociology
personality — One of several concepts used by social scientists to refer to the individual (others include self and identity ). The concept has its origins in the Latin word persona (meaning ‘mask’), and refers to the set of more or less stable characteristics … Dictionary of sociology
motivation — motivational, adj. motivative, adj. /moh teuh vay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or an instance of motivating. 2. the state or condition of being motivated. 3. something that motivates; inducement; incentive. [1870 75; MOTIVE + ATION] * * * Factors… … Universalium
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Kroeber, Alfred Lewis — (1876 1960) An American cultural anthropologist, ethnographer of Native Americans (see his Handbook of the Indians of California, 1925), and author of a philosophical and anthropological study of cultural development (Configurations of Culture… … Dictionary of sociology
Unicode — For the 1889 Universal Telegraphic Phrase book, see Commercial code (communications). The Unicode official logo since October 2009 … Wikipedia
information processing — Acquisition, recording, organization, retrieval, display, and dissemination of information. Today the term usually refers to computer based operations. Information processing consists of locating and capturing information, using software to… … Universalium
china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material … Universalium
China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast … Universalium
Yuri Knorozov — Infobox Scientist name = PAGENAME box width = image size =150px caption = PAGENAME birth date = November 191922 birth place = Kharkov death date = March 31 1999 death place = St. Petersburg residence = |citizenship = nationality = Russian… … Wikipedia
