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Despite its sometimes elusive properties, cognition is central to any sociological account of meaningful behaviour, since it refers to the ways in which the actor relates to the world, how he defines the situation, and how the objects in the situation are construed and given meaning.
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- Civil Servant
- Educational Qualification
- Similarity Judgement
- Occupational Structure
- Collective Representation
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© 1978 Anthony P.M. Coxon and Charles L. Jones
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Coxon, A.P.M., Jones, C.L. (1978). Occupational Cognition and Similarity. In: The Images of Occupational Prestige. Edinburgh Studies in Sociology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03345-4_3
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