course concepts

Question 1

list the fundamental course concepts

Answer 1

• society
• culture
• environment
• time
• persons

Question 2

list the additional course concepts

Answer 2

• technologies
• globalisation
• identity
• power
• authority
• gender

Question 3

what are the related depth study course concepts?

Answer 3

• continuity and change
• micro, meso, macro
• social construct
• social and cultural literacy
• socialisation
• social structure
• citizenship
• community

Question 4

fundamental

society

Answer 4

Society is made up of people, groups, networks, institutions, organisations and systems.

Question 5

fundamental

persons

Answer 5

Every person is a unique individual who develops in a social and environmental setting in which he or she is influenced by, and interacts with, other persons and groups.

Question 6

fundamental

environment

Answer 6

Every society is located in a particular physical setting and interacts with its environment.

Question 7

fundamental

culture

Answer 7

Culture refers to the shared knowledge, attitudes and behaviours that give each society its coherence, identity and distinctive way of life.

Question 8

fundamental

time

Answer 8

Every person, society, culture and environment is located in a period of time and is changing with time.

Question 9

additional

power

Answer 9

The ability or capacity to influence or persuade others to a point of view or action to which they may not always agree.

Question 10

additional

identity

Answer 10

Refers to the sense of self and can be viewed from a personal, social and cultural level.

Question 11

additional

gender

Answer 11

Refers to the socially constructed differences between females and males.

Question 12

additional

globalisation

Answer 12

the process of integration and sharing of goods, capital, labour, services, knowledge, leisure, sport, ideas and culture between countries.

Question 13

additional

authority

Answer 13

linked to power and the right to make decisions and to determine, adjudicate or settle issues and disputes in society.

Question 14

additional

technologies

Answer 14

Refers to all the tools that we use to assist our interactions in society.

Question 15

related depth study

citizenship

Answer 15

The rights and duties of a member of a nation-state.

Question 16

related depth study

community

Answer 16

A (usually local) social system with an implied sense of relationship and mutual identity among its members.

Question 17

related depth study

continuity

Answer 17

The persistence or consistent existence of cultural elements in a society across time.

Question 18

related depth study

change

Answer 18

The alteration or modification of cultural elements in a society.

Question 19

related depth study

macro

Answer 19

The wider social structure such as big social institutions (media, law, government)

Question 20

related depth study

meso

Answer 20

The middle ground where individuals interact within groups such as schools, communities, church groups and neighbourhoods.

Question 21

related depth related

micro

Answer 21

Where individuals’ everyday actions and social interactions occur — for example, within families and small-scale social groups.

Question 22

related depth study

social construct

Answer 22

A socially created aspect of social life.

Question 23

related depth study

social structure

Answer 23

The recurring patterns of social behaviour and the ordered interrelationships between different elements of a society.

Question 24

related depth study

socialisation

Answer 24

The process by which individuals learn to become functioning members of society by internalising the roles, norms and values of that society.

Question 25

multicultural

Answer 25

A multicultural society is one in which diverse ethnic groups and cultures are given the opportunity and right to live in a shared context.

Question 26

hybrid

Answer 26

A hybrid culture is a culture that is a mix of two or more cultures. It can also be a culture that is a mix of two or more subcultures. A hybrid culture is often the result of two cultures coming into contact with each other and exchanging ideas and customs.