Sociology Keywords

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Culture
The way of life of a particular society or social group
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Values
Widely accepted beliefs that somethings are worthwhile
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Customs
Traditional forms of behavior associated with particular social occasions
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Norms
Rules of behaviour in social situations
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Status
Social postion
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Roles
Positions in society such as a mother or a police officer
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Society
A social system made up of social instituions such as family, education, law, religion and the media.
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Cultural diversity
A society in which many different cultures exist.
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Subcultures
A group within a larger culture that shares aspects of that culture but also has some of its own values and customs
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Instinctive
A genetic or biological code in animals that largely dertermins behaviour
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Ethnocentrism
The belief that one culture is normal and others inferior
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Deviant
Rule breaking behaviour
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Traditional forms of behavior associated with particular social occasions

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Rules of behaviour in social situations

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Social postion

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