Information about Thomas Theorem
The Thomas theorem is a theory of sociology, namely
The theorem was formulated by William I. Thomas in his 1928 book The child in America: Behavior problems and programs.
Thomas had more precisely stated, in 1923, that particularly within every-day-life social worlds any definition of the situation will influence the present. Not only that, but — whenever following a series of definitions the individual is involved in — such a definition influences also "gradually a whole life-policy and the personality of the individual himself"[2]. Consequently, Thomas, whenever investigating societal problems such as intimacy, family, education, stressed as fundamental the rôle of the situation when detecting a social world "in which subjective impressions can be projected on to life and thereby become real to projectors."[3]
- "If men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences."[1]
The theorem was formulated by William I. Thomas in his 1928 book The child in America: Behavior problems and programs.
Thomas had more precisely stated, in 1923, that particularly within every-day-life social worlds any definition of the situation will influence the present. Not only that, but — whenever following a series of definitions the individual is involved in — such a definition influences also "gradually a whole life-policy and the personality of the individual himself"[2]. Consequently, Thomas, whenever investigating societal problems such as intimacy, family, education, stressed as fundamental the rôle of the situation when detecting a social world "in which subjective impressions can be projected on to life and thereby become real to projectors."[3]
Notes
- ^ The child in America: Behavior problems and programs (New York: Knopf, pp. 571-572).
- ^ The Unadjusted Girl. With Cases and Standpoint for Behavioral Analysis N.Y.: Evanston; London: Harper & Row, ³1967: 42)
- ^ Social Behavior and Personality. Contribution of W.I.Thomas to Theory and Social Research. Edmond H. Volkart [ed.] N.Y.: Social Research Council, 1951: 14
- ^ The Thomas Theorem and The Matthew Effect. Robert K. Merton. Social Forces, December 1995, 74(2):379-424. (Page 401 shows a copy of the letter by Dorothy Swain Thomas.) For more information check http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/merton/thomastheorem.pdf - Robert K. Merton on the intellectual history of the Thomas theorem
Sociology (from Latin: socitus, "companion"; and the suffix -ology, "the study of", from Greek λόγος, lógos, "knowledge") is the systematic and scientific study of society and societal behavior.
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William Isaac Thomas (b. Russell County, Virginia, 13 August 1863, d. Berkeley, California, 5 December 1947), was an American sociologist. He is noted for his pioneering work on the sociology of migration on which he co-operated with Florian Znaniecki, and for his formulation of
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Robert King Merton (July 4, 1910 – February 23, 2003, born Meyer R. Schkolnick to immigrant parents) was a distinguished American sociologist perhaps best known for having coined the phrase "self-fulfilling prophecy.
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