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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"{{ref|quote2}}. 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."{{ref|quote3}} |
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"{{ref|quote2}}. 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."{{ref|quote3}} |
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#{{note|quote}} ''The child in America: Behavior problems and programs'' (New York: Knopf, pp. 571-572). |
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#{{note|quote2}} ''The Unadjusted Girl. With Cases and Standpoint for Behavioral Analysis'' N.Y.: Evanston; London: Harper & Row, ³1967: 42) |
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#{{note|quote3}} ''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 |
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#{{note|quote4}} ''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 http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/merton/thomastheorem.pdf] - [[Robert K. Merton]] on the intellectual history of the Thomas theorem |
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Revision as of 03:31, 9 October 2007
The Thomas theorem is a theory of sociology, namely
- "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
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