Sociology key words

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Value
Belief that something is right/good or worth striving for.
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Norms
Appropriate behaviour in certain situations.
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Dominant culture
The way of life for the majority fo people.
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Subculture
A group with a set of values and ways of behaving which are different.
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Family
A married couple and their children who all live together.
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Nuclear family
Made up of a mother, father and young/dependent children.
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Extended family
Consists of parents and children and either grandparents (vertically extended) or aunts and uncles (horizontally extended).
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Reconstituted family
When parents have divorced and now have new partners.
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Lone parent family
Consists of a single parent and his/her's dependent child/ren.
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Same sex family
When two people of the same sex have a child/ren.
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Empty nest family
When children have grown up and left home, and the parents remain living together.
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Beanpole family
People are having fewer children and have a longer life expectancy.
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Childhood
Childhood is a social construction because it is not fixed but varies depending on where you live, when you live and if you are rich or poor.
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Conjugal roles
Roles the man and woman (husband and wife) perform in the home.
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Segregated roles
Do not share housework, childcare, leisure time and decision making.
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Joint conjurgal roles
Share this role, sometimes called the 'symmetrical family'.
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Symmetrical family
Equal importance of male and female work.
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A new man
He shares the housework and childcare equally with his partner but does not necessarily stay at home full time to do this.
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A household husband
He stays at home, usually to look after smaller children while their wife (if they have one) works, usually in a high paid job.
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Co-habitation
Couples living together without marrying.
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Monogamy
One man married to one woman.
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Serial monogamy
Couples marry, divorce and remarry different partners.
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Polygamy
One man married to more than one woman.
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Polyandry
One woman married to a number of men.
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Arranged marriages
Decision to marry is made by families, not the individuals involved.
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Government policy
They are laws that are passed by government that affect society.
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Enforcer Dad
Helps with day-to-day child care and household tasks, but still takes the lead from mother about what needs doing.
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Entertainer Dad
Equally involved with running the home and family. Mother and father roles are virtually interchangeable.
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Useful Dad
Not involved with day to day care of children. Provides a role model and clear rules for his children.
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Fully involved Dad
often entertains the children while the mother does things like cooking and cleaning
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Primary data
It is generated and collected by the sociologist doing the research, for example by using techniques such as questionnaires, interviews and observations.
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Secondary data.
Something that already exists and has previously been collected and generated by other people.
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Qualitative data
Qualitative data is presented in words. Primary qualitative data can be collected by participant observations and unstructured methods.
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Quantative data
Quantative data is presented in numerical form.
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Validity
Describes data that gives a true picture of what is being studied.
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Reliability
Describes data that can be repeate and consistently comes up with the same results.
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Appropriate behaviour in certain situations.

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Norms

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The way of life for the majority fo people.

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Card 4

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A group with a set of values and ways of behaving which are different.

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Card 5

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A married couple and their children who all live together.

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