Page 1 of AS Sociology Key Concepts

This is something to help out Year 12 students who are doing Sociology. This is a fun and stimulating revision activity which will test your understanding of key concepts!

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  • Created on: 12-02-17 18:41
This is a system where schools concentrate on the pupils they view as more likely to gain 5 GCSEs at A*-C
A* to C economy
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Describes the inequalities between adults and children
Age patriarchy
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Negative stereotyping of people on the basis of their age.
Ageism
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This is where an individual or group feels isolated as they lack the ability to control their lives.
Alienation
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An approach to immigration policy that argues that immigrants should adopt the culture of the host community where they settle.
Assimilationism
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Labelling that suggest ways to which teacher reactions can affect educational careers
Banding
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Family that is vertically extended
Beanpole family
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Number of live births per thousand of the population each year
Birth rate
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Capitalist class
Bourgeoisie
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Economic and political system where industry is controlled by private owners
Capitalism
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Research examining single cases
Case study
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Socially defined age status. Usually from 0-18, depending on the legal system
Childhood
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Where same sex couples have similar legal rights
Civil partnership
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System of ordering society into sets based on social status
Class
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Used in a social survey that only allow limited choice of answers
Closed ended questions
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Compares two social groups that are alike
Comparative method
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Government educational policies that tackle the problem of underachievement
Compensatory education
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An education system where all children attend the same type of secondary school
Comprehensive system
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Roles played by husband and wife
Conjugal roles
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Argues that we have a choice which is linked through personal relationships and history
Connectedness thesis
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Analyses the content of documents and media output to find out how often different things appear.
Content analysis
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Involved in experiments. Not exposed to the variable under investigation.
Control group
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Involved in experiments. Not exposed to the variable under investigation.
Control group
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Card 2

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Describes the inequalities between adults and children

Back

Age patriarchy

Card 3

Front

Negative stereotyping of people on the basis of their age.

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

This is where an individual or group feels isolated as they lack the ability to control their lives.

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

An approach to immigration policy that argues that immigrants should adopt the culture of the host community where they settle.

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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