A way of understanding human society that focuses on social structures
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Psychological approach
A way of understanding human behaviour by looking at individual make - up (brain, thinking patterns, personality etc.)
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Biological approach
A way of understanding humans by looking at their biological make - up (genes, chromosomes, hormones etc.
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Power
Where a person or group is able to direct the be haviour of another person or group. This can be through direct exercise of power (force, dominance, authority) or indirectly (coercion, persuasion, expertise)
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Social Control
Ways of ensuring people behave in socially acceptable ways, such as socialisatio n, laws, exercise of power etc
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Social Structure
Structures organised around people, such as the family, schools, government, religion etc.
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Culture
Where a group of people share common norms, values and beliefs.
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Subculture
A smaller group of people who share norms, values and beliefs that are different from the main culture.
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Socialisation
The process of learning norms, values and beliefs. This can be primary or secondary
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Institution of socialisation
The different social structures that are involved in socialising members of society, such as the family, education system, mass media, religion ect.
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Race
A term that suggests differences in culture, nationality, skin colour etc. are biological.
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Ethnicity
A term that refers to differences in culture but is not based on biology – this is about social differences.
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Sex
A term referring the biological categories of male and female, as defined by genes, chromosomes and hormones
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Gender
A term referring to the social categories of masculine and feminine, which are usually related to the biological categories of male and female due to stereotyping and gender role socialisation.
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Age
The process of aging is biological, but there are sociological points to make about this (for example, children are treated differen tly to adults, the mass media tend to present negative stereotypes of older people etc.)
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Stereotype
A ‘typical’ image of a person based on social categories such as gender, age, ethnicity, family position, job etc.
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Deviance
Acting in a way that goes agai nst a culture’s norms, values and beliefs.
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Norms
Ways to act and behave that are seen as ‘normal’ within a culture / subculture.
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Values
The things that a culture / subculture believes are important (eg. earning a living, owning a house)
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Beliefs
The thi ngs that a culture / subculture believes in (God, the innocence of children etc.)
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Secondary Data: Positive and Negative
can be useful, especially when looking at historical events, or if another researcher has already investigated the thing we want to know about.
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Primary Research: Positive and Negative
Positive: The best way to obtain valid data. Negative: It is time-consuming and not always necessary.
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A household
is the term used to describe the group of people living together in the same place e.g. a family, group of students, a couple fostering children, a lodger renting a room in a house.
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A family
is all the people who are related to each other either through blood, marriage or adoption.
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A way of understanding human behaviour by looking at individual make - up (brain, thinking patterns, personality etc.)
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Psychological approach
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A way of understanding humans by looking at their biological make - up (genes, chromosomes, hormones etc.
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Card 4
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Where a person or group is able to direct the be haviour of another person or group. This can be through direct exercise of power (force, dominance, authority) or indirectly (coercion, persuasion, expertise)
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Card 5
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Ways of ensuring people behave in socially acceptable ways, such as socialisatio n, laws, exercise of power etc
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