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'''Social constructionism''' holds that ''all knowledge'', including social roles, common sense and reality itself, is merely ''socially constructed''.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_constructionism#Berger_and_Luckmann</ref>
'''Social constructionism''' holds that ''all knowledge'', including social roles, common sense and reality itself, is merely ''socially constructed''.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_constructionism#Berger_and_Luckmann</ref>
Social interactions and polarization are thought to lead to habitual [[LARP|role-playing]] of ''fixed'' social roles. As such, it borders [[Lockianism]], i.e. it falls toward the nurture end of the spectrum in the nature and nurture debate.
Social roles are thought to be primarily arise from social interactions and polarization leading to habitual [[LARP|role-playing]]. As such, it borders [[Lockianism]], i.e. it falls toward the nurture end of the spectrum in the nature and nurture debate.


The theory was developed in the 1960s philosophers Berger and Luckmann.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_constructionism#Berger_and_Luckmann</ref>
The theory was developed in the 1960s philosophers Berger and Luckmann.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_constructionism#Berger_and_Luckmann</ref>
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