Beliefs Key Concept

1. A whole theory or way of looking at something, particularly within science, that governs the way that data is collected and interpreted. (8)
5. Specific, informal rules of behaviour in a particular society. (5)
6. Making truthful statements about the world which are not influenced by personal opinions or preferences. (11)
7. A person or group who is different from the group with which someone identifies. (5)
10. Belief systems with a spiritual element that are not organised in traditional ways and allow individuals considerable freedom of choice about what combination of beliefs they might have. (3, 3, 8)

1. Literally 'rule by the father', usually used by Feminists to refer to a system in which men have more power than women and shape how societies run. (10)
2. New version of Marxism that are strongly influenced by the works of Karl Marx but disagree with some aspects of them and have been updated to fit contemporary society, (3, 7)
4. A discourse, common in Western societies, which betrays those form Eastern societies as exotic, strange and often rather untrustworthy. (11)
8. Christian religious organisations that are not based on a belief in the Holy Trinity (3, 11)
9. The type of social solidarity found in modern industrial societies based upon interdependence between those with specialist but different roles where there is a division of labour. (7, 10)

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