Flash Cards - Key Terms
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Norms
normal / expected behaviour
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Mores
ideas about what behaviour is right / wrong
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Values
shared beliefs on how to act
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Deviant
person who breaks norms and values
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Formal Sanction
punishment for breaking the law
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Informal Sanction
punishment for breaking an informal rule
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Stigma
something that marks a person out as different to others
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Anthropology
study of different cultures
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Nature
the idea that we act as we do because we was born that way
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Nurture
the idea that we act as we do because of the way we was brought up
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Sub culture
small group in society with different beliefs and norms from others
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Research methods
methods used to look and observe society
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Manipulation
controlling someone or something to your own advantage, often unfairly
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Canalisation
management through specified channels of communication
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Ethnic
refers to membership of cultural group
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Nationality
legal citizenship of country with right to have passport
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Resocialisation
when people have to learn new set of rules
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Eating Disorder
people making themselves ill through under / over eating
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Representation
way certain groups are portrayed in the media
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Code of Conduct
formal set of rules for how to behave in a certain situation
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Cultural Identity
sense of who you are and the culture you belong to
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Feral child
wild / unsocialised child
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Labelling theory
people are given a label by other people and then treated as though it was true
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Primary socialisation
Primary socialisation is the period of a person's life in which they initially learn and build their selves through experiences and interactions around them when they are young. This process starts at home (family)
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Secondary socialisation
Secondary socialisation refers to the process of learning what is the appropriate behavior as a member of a smaller group within the larger society. This happens outside of the home (school etc)
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Sex
male / female
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Gender
the way you behave (masculine / feminine)
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Formal socialisation
the attempt to change someone to fit into a new situation
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Informal socialisation
accidental socialisation
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Culture
way of life that is shared by a group of people
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Cultural Diversity
different ideas and norms
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Sociology
study of society
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Cultural Relativity
one norm may seem strange to another
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Cultural Universals
found in all cultures
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Polyandry
having more than one
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Sanction
reward / punishment
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Stereotype
category into which we put other people according to simple characteristics
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Role Models
a person looked up to by others as an example to be imitated
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Peer group
group of people of similar age and culture
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Peer pressure
when people feel the need to fit in with others like themselves
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Observation
observing social life as it happens in its natural setting
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Reliability
should be able to be repeated and similar results gained
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Validity
concerned with whether research has uncovered the truth about social life
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Primary data
research information that sociologists collect themselves
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Secondary data
information thats been put together by other people
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Qualitative data
rich and lots of detail (qual - quality)
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Quantitative data
statistics etc. (quan - n = numbers)
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Pilot study
trial run before real thing
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Samples
way of finding out about target population by studying a small manageable number of group
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Representativeness
for samples to be fair they should represent whole population
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Random sample
choosing at random (eg out of hat)
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Quota sample
when researcher makes sure to ask certain number of different sorts of people
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Questionnaire
questions on paper/online
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Unstructured interview
doesn't have pre planned questions
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Structured interview
pre planned questions
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Overt observation
if observer tells them its happening
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Covert observation
completely kept secret
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Domestic duties
housework
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Informal education
learning new skills from others around you
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Formal education
training in school or college from someone who deliberately teaches things that are needed for adult life
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National curriculum
subjects that must be taught in most state schools by law
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Meritocracy
a ruling or influential class of educated or able people
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Working class
people who have not been to higher education and who would take jobs with practical skills
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Economic
things that are concerned with money in particular
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Deprivation
not having things that others may have, lacking things or being poor
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Crisis of masculinity
males are no longer certain what it is to be a man
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Poverty
lacking money for essentials in life
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Cultural deprivation
idea that some cultures aren't as good as others
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Hidden curriculum
messages that are passed on to children unintentionally
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Material deprivation
people lacking the things that others have in society
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Neets
young people who are not in education, training or employment
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Further education
education after school for work and a career
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Higher education
University
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Degree
qualification which is gained through university
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Immediate gratification
having pleasure in the present rather than putting it off (spending money asap instead of saving)
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
ideas about what behaviour is right / wrong
Back
Mores
Card 3
Front
shared beliefs on how to act
Back
Card 4
Front
person who breaks norms and values
Back
Card 5
Front
punishment for breaking the law
Back
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