The Resource The geeks shall inherit the Earth : popularity, quirk theory, and why outsiders thrive after high school, Alexandra Robbins
The geeks shall inherit the Earth : popularity, quirk theory, and why outsiders thrive after high school, Alexandra Robbins
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The item The geeks shall inherit the Earth : popularity, quirk theory, and why outsiders thrive after high school, Alexandra Robbins represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- In her book, Alexandra Robbins explores the ways group identity theories play out among cliques - and the students they exclude. She reveals the new labels students stick onto each other today, the long-term effects of this marginalization, and the reasons students falling under these categories are often shunned
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 436 pages)
- Contents
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- Meet the cafeteria fringe
- Late summer to early fall: the popularity myth. Quirk theory and the secret of popularity
- Why are popular people mean?
- Fall: why quirk theory works. In the shadow of the freak tree
- It's good to be the cafeteria fringe
- Winter: outcast profiling and other dangers. Challenges
- Misperceptions
- Late winter to early spring: being excluded doesn't mean that anything's wrong with you. A brief introduction to group psychology
- Why labels stick: the motivations of the normal police
- Spring: quirk theory's origins: why these issues are hardest in school. Changing perceptions
- Two steps forward, one step back
- Late spring to early summer: popular vs. outcast. Popularity doesn't lead to happiness
- The rise of the cafeteria fringe
- Cafeteria fringe: lucky and free
- Isbn
- 9781401303778
- Label
- The geeks shall inherit the Earth : popularity, quirk theory, and why outsiders thrive after high school
- Title
- The geeks shall inherit the Earth
- Title remainder
- popularity, quirk theory, and why outsiders thrive after high school
- Statement of responsibility
- Alexandra Robbins
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In her book, Alexandra Robbins explores the ways group identity theories play out among cliques - and the students they exclude. She reveals the new labels students stick onto each other today, the long-term effects of this marginalization, and the reasons students falling under these categories are often shunned
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1976-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Robbins, Alexandra
- Dewey number
- 303.3/2408350973
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HM753
- LC item number
- .R63 2011eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Group identity
- Conformity
- Social isolation
- Middle school students
- High school students
- Label
- The geeks shall inherit the Earth : popularity, quirk theory, and why outsiders thrive after high school, Alexandra Robbins
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [399]-433)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Meet the cafeteria fringe -- Late summer to early fall: the popularity myth. Quirk theory and the secret of popularity -- Why are popular people mean? -- Fall: why quirk theory works. In the shadow of the freak tree -- It's good to be the cafeteria fringe -- Winter: outcast profiling and other dangers. Challenges -- Misperceptions -- Late winter to early spring: being excluded doesn't mean that anything's wrong with you. A brief introduction to group psychology -- Why labels stick: the motivations of the normal police -- Spring: quirk theory's origins: why these issues are hardest in school. Changing perceptions -- Two steps forward, one step back -- Late spring to early summer: popular vs. outcast. Popularity doesn't lead to happiness -- The rise of the cafeteria fringe -- Cafeteria fringe: lucky and free
- Control code
- ocn772430617
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 436 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781401303778
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- CC965F39-6DA9-44F9-B5AF-3E30EE68B5BF
- Label
- The geeks shall inherit the Earth : popularity, quirk theory, and why outsiders thrive after high school, Alexandra Robbins
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [399]-433)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Meet the cafeteria fringe -- Late summer to early fall: the popularity myth. Quirk theory and the secret of popularity -- Why are popular people mean? -- Fall: why quirk theory works. In the shadow of the freak tree -- It's good to be the cafeteria fringe -- Winter: outcast profiling and other dangers. Challenges -- Misperceptions -- Late winter to early spring: being excluded doesn't mean that anything's wrong with you. A brief introduction to group psychology -- Why labels stick: the motivations of the normal police -- Spring: quirk theory's origins: why these issues are hardest in school. Changing perceptions -- Two steps forward, one step back -- Late spring to early summer: popular vs. outcast. Popularity doesn't lead to happiness -- The rise of the cafeteria fringe -- Cafeteria fringe: lucky and free
- Control code
- ocn772430617
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 436 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781401303778
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- CC965F39-6DA9-44F9-B5AF-3E30EE68B5BF
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