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Popularity

In sociology, popularity is how much a person, idea, place, item or other concept is either liked or accorded status by other people. Liking can be due to reciprocal liking, interpersonal attraction, and similar factors. Social status can be due to dominance, superiority, and similar factors. For example, a kind person may be considered likable and…

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Types of interpersonal popularity

SociometricProsocial behavioursEmpathyCooperateMean Girls
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The popularity of objects as a consequence of social influence

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Effects of popularity in the workplace

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SociologyReciprocal likingInterpersonal attractionSocial statusDominance
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Types of interpersonal popularity

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Effects of popularity in the workplace

The popularity of objects as a consequence of social influence

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Popularity

Nodes40
Edges39
Triples122
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.05
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related to Further reading · 14
Popularity → Adolescents, Donna, Dr, Eder, Education, Freedman, How, Interpersonal Relations Among Female, JSTOR, July, Popular, PopularityExplained, Sociology, The Cycle
has cause · 9
Popularity → For, In, It, On, One, Study, The, This, While
related to Attractiveness · 9
Popularity → Additionally, Attractiveness, Halo, In, It, People, Research, Some, This
related to Leadership popularity · 9
Popularity → Cohesive, First, Leaders, Secondly, Sometimes, Supporting, This, With, Without
related to Perceived popularity or social status · 9
Popularity → Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Individuals, Mean Girls, Notable, Odd Girl Out, Perceived, Since, This, Unlike
related to Zipf's law · 8
Popularity → Facebook, For, However, In, The, This, Yahoo, Zipf's
related to Comprehensive theories · 6
Popularity → Factor Model, Freedman, In, Popularity Explained, The, To
is a · 5
Popularity → collective perception, key player in increasing interest in social networks and groups in the workplace, measure of visible reputation and emulation, social phenomenon but it can also be ascribed to objects that people interact with, trait often ascribed to an individual
related to Aggression · 5
Popularity → China, Prinstein, The, There, United States
related to Types of interpersonal popularity · 5
Popularity → Eventually, For, Prinstein, This, When

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popular perceived social group sociometric people individuals interpersonal often individual aggression person attractive many liked positive status likely physical others

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Popularityis atrait often ascribed to an individual0.90text
Popularityis acollective perception0.90text
Popularityis ameasure of visible reputation and emulation0.90text
Popularityis akey player in increasing interest in social networks and groups in the workplace0.90text
Popularityis asocial phenomenon but it can also be ascribed to objects that people interact with0.90text
songsinstance ofor directed towards objects0.80text
moviesinstance ofor directed towards objects0.80text
websitesinstance ofor directed towards objects0.80text
activitiesinstance ofor directed towards objects0.80text
soapsinstance ofor directed towards objects0.80text
foods etcinstance ofor directed towards objects0.80text
mental healthinstance ofthey are judged to possess many other positive traits0.80text

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