Course Concepts Flashcards
Fundamental Course Concepts
S.P.E.C.T. SOCIETY. PERSONS. ENVIRONMENT. CULTURE. TIME.
Additional Course Concepts
P.A.G.G.I.T.S. POWER. AUTHORITY. GENDER. GLOBALISATION. IDENTITY. TECHNOLOGIES. SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LITERACY.
AUTHORITY
A LEGITIMATE USE OF POWER.
GENDER
REPRESENTED SOCIALLY CONSTRUCTED DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MALES AND FEMALES.
GLOBALISATION
THE PROCESS OF INTEGRATION AND SHARING OF IDEALS BETWEEN COUNTRIES.
IDENTITY
THE SENSE OF SELF WHICH CAN BE VIEWED FROM A PERSONAL, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL LEVEL.
POWER
THE ABILITY TO INFLUENCE OR PERSUADE OTHERS TO A POINT OF VIEW.
TECHNOLOGIES
TOOLS THAT WE USE TO ASSIST OUR INTERACTIONS IN SOCIETY.
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LITERACY
HAS AN UNDERSTANDING OF ONE’S CULTURE AND DOES NOT JUDGE AND RESPECTS THAT CULTURES VALUES.
PERSONS
WE HAVE OUR OWN IDENTITY, PERSONALITY, AND CHARACTER, AS WELL AS OUR OWN SPECIFIC DNA AND PHYSIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGICAL MAKE-UP.
SOCIETY
THE CONTEXT IN WHICH WE LIVE OUR LIVES, CAN BE VIEWED ON MICRO, MESO AND MACRO LEVELS.
CULTURE
THE SHARED KNOWELEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND BEHAVIORS, THAT GIVE EACH SOCIETY IT’S COHERENCE, IDENTITY, AND DISTINCTIVE WAY OF LIFE.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOCIETY AND CULTURE
SOCIETY IS THE CONTEXT IN WHICH WE LIVE OUR LIVES, CULTURE MAKES UP THE DEFINING ELEMENTS OF OUR WAY OF LIFE.
ENVIRONMENT
OUR PHYSICAL SETTING, WHICH IS A MAJOR DETERMINANT OF OUR WAY OF LIFE.
TIME
A CONSTRUCT OF OUR CULTURE; HOW WE UNDERSTAND TIME IS A PRODUCT OF OUR BELIEFS AND VALUES.
MACRO LEVEL SOCIETY
THE ‘BIG PICTURE’
MESO LEVEL SOCIETY
THE MIDDLE GROUND. INTERACTIONS BETWEEN COMMUNITIES.
MICRO LEVEL SOCIETY
AN INDIVIDUALS PERSONAL LIFE.
SOCIAL STRUCTURE
THE REOCCURING PATTERNS OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND THE ORDERED INTERELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MEMBERS OF A SOCIETY.
SOCIAL CONSTRUCT
A SOCIALLY CREATED ASPECT OF SOCIETY E.G GENDER
CONTINUITY
THE PERSISTENCE OR CONSITENT EXISTENCE OF CULTURAL ELEMENTS THROUGH A SOCIETY ACROSS TIME.
CHANGE
THE ALTERATION OR MODIFICATION OF CULTURAL ELEMENTS IN A SOCIETY.
SOCIALISATION
THE PROCESS BY WHICH INDIVIDUALS LEARN TO BECOME FUNCTIONING MEMBERS OF SOCIETY BY INTERNALISING THE ROLES, NORMS AND VALUES OF THAT SOCIETY.
THE GROUPS AND INSTITUTIONS THAT MAKE UP SOCIETY
F.L.P.W.G.M.S FAMILY, SCHOOL, PEERS, WORK, GOVERNMENT, MEDIA, THE LEGAL SYSTEM.
AGENTS OF SOCIALISATION
F.L.P.W.G.M.S FAMILY, SCHOOL, PEERS, WORK, GOVERNMENT, MEDIA, THE LEGAL SYSTEM.
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
LESS DEPTH, CLOSER TO NUMERICAL, FOR EXAMPLE STATISTICS, DATA, CLOSED ENDED QUESTIONS.
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
MORE DEPTH AND DETAIL, USUALLY SUBJECTIVE AND FOCUSES ON A SMALLER NUMBER OF THINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, INTERVIEWS, OPEN ENDED SURVEYS, CONTENT ANALYSIS.
CONTENT ANALYSIS
EXAMINING THE SUBJECT MATTER OF A SOURCE. FOR EXAMPLE ANALYSING A BOOK OR MOVIE.
INTERVIEW
A PRIMARY RESEARCH METHOD THAT CONSISTS OF A CONVERSATION WITH OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS WITH THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING INFORMATION.
OBSERVATION
A PRIMARY AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHOD. AN INDIVIDUAL OBSERVES BEHAVIOUR BY OVERLOOKING OR TAKING PART IN THE BEHAVIOUR.
PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION
AN INDIVIDUAL WILL OBSERVE BY TAKING PLACE IN THE EXPERIMENT AND ATTEMPTING TO BE ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THEY ARE OBSERVING, USUALLY THOUGHT OF AS QUALITATIVE, PRIMARY RESEARCH.
QUESTIONNAIRE
A PRIMARY RESEARCH METHOD THAT CAN BE BOTH QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE. THE PROCESS OF PREPARING A SET OF QUESTIONS AND DISTRIBUTING THEM TO A SELECTED GROUP OF PEOPLE.
SECONDARY RESEARCH
RESEARCH THAT HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE AND ALWAYS NEEDS TO BE SOURCED.
PRIMARY RESEARCH
RESEARCH THAT HAS BEEN CONDUCTED BY YOURSELF, FOR EXAMPLE, INTERVIEWS AND QUESTIONNAIRES THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED AND PREPARED BY YOURSELF.
