Sociology key terms

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Means study of human societies and the way people behave
Sociology
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Group of people against school
Anti subculture
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The parts we play in society
Role
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When 2 or more roles a person performs are in opposition
Role conflict
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Expected patterns of behaviour
Norms
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Interested in how society affects our behavious
Sociologist
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Interested in the workings of the mind
Psychologist
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A person's genetic inheritance or genetic characteristics
Nature
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The way we learn to behave in society
Socialisation
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Socialisation of a child in their home eg. table manners and toilet training
Primary socialisation
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What we learn outside the home such as at church, in our peer group/school
Secondary socialisation
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How we learn to act in our job eg. how doctors act
Adult socialisation
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Common way of life
Culture
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Usual way of behaving or acting
Custom
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Refers to the way you were brought up or the experiences you have had
Nurture
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Not behaving in the way society requires/not following the norm
Deviance
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Education you learn in schools, eg. English and Maths
Formal Education
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Friends of the same age
Peer Group
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Means TV, Radio, Newspaper
Mass media
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Numbers eg. graphs and tables
Quantitative Data
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Written down eg. newspapers
Qualitative Data
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Are they honest results?
Validity
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Being good at dealing with people
Interpersonal skills
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Questions decided in advance
Predetermined
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Everyone answers the same questions
Standardised
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Respondent in led by the interviewer figure in a particular answer
Interviewer Bias
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The biological differences between people
Sex
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Complete list that you are studying eg. electoral roll
Sampling frame
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A group of people taken from the sampling frame
Sample
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Everyone has the same chance of being picked eg. names out of a hat
Simple random sampling
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Divide the sample into groups eg. boys and girls and take an equal sample from both
Stratified sampling
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Take clusters of people from Manchester (for example)
Cluster sampling
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Every tenth name from the sampling frame
Systematic sampling
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A sample in which one respondent puts the researcher in touch with other potential respondents
Snowball sampling
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Researcher has to interview specific people eg. 10 teens taking sociology GCSE
Quota sampling
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Comparing similarities/differences between 2 groups
Comparative studies
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Test questionnaire
Pilot study
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In-depth study of one particular group eg. a student researching a group of students in their class
Case studies
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Study of a group over a long period of time eg. Child of Our Time
Longitudinal studies
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Carrying out 2 or more methods of research
Triangulation
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Obtained by the researcher, not acquired by the Office of National Statistics
Primary data
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Obtained via the Office of National Statistics
Secondary data
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These are general vague opinions held about the world and the nature and society
Beliefs
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These are vague beliefs about what is right and correct in the world. They imply that there are certain appropriate forms of action that ought to be taken
Values
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This refers to the position of a person or social role in society according to the amount of prestige from others
Status
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Teaching based on the 3 R's
Preparation
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Developing individual potential for adulthood
Personal Preparation
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Instilling respectable values while parents go to work
Social control
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Taught at home
Home-schooling
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Skills you learn from parents and friends in everyday life
Informal Education
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English, Maths, Science, PE, Technology, MFL, RE and Sex Education
National Curriculum
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The whole group you are studying
Population
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Show how good or bad a school is doing in exam results at each key stage
League Tables
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Things learnt throught everyday school life eg. Competition
Hidden Curriculum
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Encourages pupils to become passive unquestioning metal slaves and crushes your individuality
Criticisms
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Group of students who develop clear sets of rules - usually disruptive
Subculture
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Class, Performance, Behaviour, Dress code
Labels
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The student will act in the way they have been labelled
Self-fulfilling prophecy
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Educational toys, Computer, Visits to Museums etc
Cultural Capital
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All school that charge a fee
Private schools
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Famous school like Eton, Harrow, Winchester - for the ELITE
Public schools
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The function of the family is to socialise children, which in turns benefits both children and society
Functionalists
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The purpose of the family is to reinforce the dominant position of men within a patriarchal society
Feminists
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The role of the family is to teach children the difference between right and wrong, and to provide a sense of morality more widely known as 'family values'
New Right
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