Some sociologists and psychologists have noted that autobiography offers the author the ability to recreate history.

Some sociologists have suggested that Japanese social interactions in later life are modeled on the mother-child amae.

Some sociologists have defined racism as a system of group privilege.

Some sociologists have also pointed out, with reference to the USA and elsewhere, that forms of racism have in many instances mutated from more blatant expressions hereof into more covert kinds ( albeit that blatant forms of hatred and discrimination still endure ).

Some sociologists and theorists of culture have recognized the power of mass communication as a socialization device.

Some sociologists, such as Lawrence Bobo and Vincent Hutchings, say the origin of ethnic stratification lies in individual dispositions of ethnic prejudice, which relates to the theory of ethnocentrism.

Some sociologists have credited it with influencing Irish attitudes towards many issues, and directing social change in Ireland to construct current Irish societal norms.

Some sociologists engaged in the study of the Internet have predicted that someday, a distinction between online and real-life worlds may seem " quaint ", noting that certain types of online activity, such as sexual intrigues, have already made a full transition to complete legitimacy and " reality ".

Some sociologists consider the higher income and prestige of higher ranked jobs to simply be incentives to encourage members of society to obtain the skills necessary to perform important work.

Some sociologists argue that prisons create a unique social environment that do not allow inmates to create strong social ties outside or inside of prison life.

Some modern social theorists have also been critical toward the apparent shortsightedness that urban sociologists have shown toward the role of culture in the inner city.

Some anticonformist sociologists like Pierre Bourdieu have argued that this exam measures a candidate's social connections as much their ability to present a lesson — consider, for example, that a candidate for a Law professorship may be helped by first-class attorneys if he happens to know them.

Some sociologists ( Berger & Zelditch, 1993 ; Wagner, 1984 ; Wagner & Berger, 1985 ) have used the term “ orienting strategies ”.

Some sociologists, like Paul Bagguley and Nelson Pichardo, criticize NSM theory for a number of reasons, including:

Some sociologists, notably Max Weber, believe that in certain social groups, the acquisition of prestige and power is a zero-sum game, and this situation may provide a rationalization for the hatred of " tall poppies ".

" Some other sociologists elaborated this concept further.

Some sociologists argue that ideal type tends to focus on extreme phenomena and overlook the connections between them, and that it is difficult to show how the types and their elements fit into a theory of a total social system.

Some sociologists and critics refer to Reconstructionism as a type of " Dominionism ".

Some other sociologists do not concur with this idea.

Some sociologists of science argue that peer review makes the ability to publish susceptible to control by elites and to personal jealousy.

Some sociologists, for instance Karl Polanyi, have argued that relative differences in economic wealth are more important than absolute deprivation, and that it is more significant in determining human quality of life.

Some small Muslim sects have rituals and feasts whose meaning is crypto-Christian, some sociologists contend.

Some years ago Julian Huxley proposed to an audience made up of members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science that `` man's supernormal or extra-sensory faculties are ( now ) in the same case as were his mathematical faculties during the ice age ''.

Some larger universities now have multiple groups.

Some armies now have a muzzle velocity measuring radar permanently fitted to every gun.

Some of the stories included in Saint Anthony's biography are perpetuated now mostly in paintings, where they give an opportunity for artists to depict their more lurid or bizarre interpretations.

Some plastics are now referred to as being ' degradable ', ' oxy-degradable ' or ' UV-degradable '.

Some companies are now making saxophones from phosphor bronze ( 3. 5 to 10 % tin and up to 1 % phosphorus content ).

Some sub-ethnicities are now represented by only 30 – 100 individuals and are threatened with extinction.

Some modern proposals for new constellations were not successful ; an example is Quadrans, eponymous of the Quadrantid meteors, now divided between Boötes and Draco.

Some transferred to the INLA landing of the prison, but the majority of those who left are now independent and on E4 landing.

Some authors have used " basal " differently to mean a clade that is " more primitive " or less species-rich than its sister clade ; others consider this usage to be incorrect, and many now discourage the use of that term altogether to avoid such implications.

Some canids are now endangered in the wild due to hunting, habitat loss, and the introduction of diseases from domestic dogs.

Some U. S. government agencies now use ISO 8601 with 4-digit years.

Some small improvements were made to law and court procedure, for example all court proceedings were now conducted in English rather than in Law French or Latin.

Some digital synthesizers now exist in the form of " softsynth " software that synthesizes sound using conventional PC hardware, though they require careful programming and a fast CPU to get the same latency response as their dedicated equivalents.

Some South American plants formerly thought of as Daturas are now treated as belonging to the distinct genus Brugmansia ( Brugmansia differs from Datura in that it is woody, making shrubs or small trees, and in that it has pendulous flowers, rather than erect ones ).

Some scholars think that The porisms may have actually been a section of Arithmetica that is now lost.

Some economists also contend that now, according to Gresham's Law, a reversion to the colón would be disastrous to the economy.

Some relatively lightweight exoplanets, only a few times more massive than Earth ( now known by the term Super-Earth ), are known as well ; statistical studies now indicate that they actually outnumber giant planets while recent discoveries have included Earth-sized and smaller planets and a handful that appear to exhibit other Earth-like properties.

Some US colleges are now going green by signing the " President's Climate Commitment ," a document that a college President can sign to enable said colleges to practice environmentalism by switching to solar power, etc.

Some of Cheney's motorcycle designs are now famous in their own right, such as the competition BSA Gold Stars of Jerry Scott and Keith Hickman and the John Banks replica which used a BSA B50 engine specially tuned by Cheney.

Some countries are now economically dependent on food exports, which in some cases account for over 80 % of all exports.

Some of these markets are now served by light helicopters.

Some classifications now reserve the term woodland for an area with more open space between trees and distinguish among woodlands, open forests, and closed forests based on crown cover.

Some notable operations include: the Chadian – Libyan conflict in 1969 – 72 ( the first time that the Foreign Legion was sent in operations after the Algerian War ), 1978 – 79, and 1983 – 87 ; Kolwezi in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo in May 1978 ; Rwanda in 1990 – 94 ; and the Côte d ' Ivoire ( the Ivory Coast ) in 2002 to the present.