Exam revison

Question 1

Adolescence

Answer 1

The period of life following the beginning of puberty
during which a young person develops from a child into an
adult.

Question 2

Domesticity

Answer 2

An experience of life in a private household where women
are traditionally seen as the primary homemakers and
care givers.

Question 3

Fictive kinship

Answer 3

Relationships that have very close family-like emotional
ties but are unrelated by birth or marriage

Question 4

Teenager

Answer 4

Someone between the ages 13 and 19 years old

Question 5

Youth transition

Answer 5

The way in which young people experience transition into
different stages of life, such as adulthood.

Question 6

Functionalism

Answer 6

A macro perspective in sociology that analyses society on
the basis of its different but related parts, each of which
serves a particular purpose or function, and how they
depend on each other and enable society to thrive.

Question 7

Youth subcultures

Answer 7

Describes youth-based groups that have distinct styles,
behaviours and interests.

Question 8

Norms

Answer 8

Standards of expected, typical, acceptable behaviour in society.

Question 9

Stereotype

Answer 9

The concept of holding a broad but fixed and
oversimplified image or idea of a particular group of
people.

Question 10

Single households

Answer 10

Individuals in society who live on their own.

Question 11

Prejudice

Answer 11

The act of prejudging people on superficial and/or
uninformed details.

Question 12

Discrimination

Answer 12

The act of treating or proposing to treat someone
unfavourably due to their difference, such as their race.

Question 13

Homogenous

Answer 13

The assumption that all members of a group share the
same experiences and characteristics.

Question 14

Organic analogy

Answer 14

Emerged from sociologist, Talcott Parsons’ work, wherein
he compared the different parts of a society to the organs
of a living organism. Like a biological organism, a society is
able to maintain its vital processes through the way that
the different parts interact together.

Question 15

Heterogenous

Answer 15

Describes something that is universe in both experience
and characteristics.

Question 16

Multigenerational households

Answer 16

Households with 2 or more generations living under the
same roof. For example, grandparents living with their
children and their children’s children.

Question 17

Public issues

Answer 17

An understanding that many similar patterns emerging
indicate and are possibly impacted by societal structures.

Question 18

Personal troubles

Answer 18

The issues individual people face.

Question 19

Patriarchy

Answer 19

A male dominated social structure in which men are more
powerful and influential than women.

Question 20

Pseudonym

Answer 20

A false name.

Question 21

Informed consent

Answer 21

Advising participants of the nature and effects of the study
so that they are fully informed before deciding to
participate in it.

Question 22

Plagiarism

Answer 22

Using someone’s work and claiming it as your own.

Question 23

Social sanctions

Answer 23

The various ways a society ensures compliance and
conformity with social norms. When an individual
conforms or does not conform to social norms, they can
receive sanctions, or consequences for their behaviour.
They can be positive or negative.

Question 24

Socialisation

Answer 24

The process of transmitting cultural norms and practices
from one generation to another, where we learn norms,
customs, and values.

Question 25

Filiality

Answer 25

Expectations held by parents towards their children that results in certain duties and attitudes being carried out.

Question 26

Qualitative data

Answer 26

Qualitative data is mostly in written or spoken words, or observation and does not have direct numerical interpretation.

Question 27

Quantitative data

Answer 27

Quantitative data refers to any form of data that is collected AS or CONVERTED into numbers.

Question 28

Belief

Answer 28

An attitude about something that is believed to be true but isn’t necessarily substantiated by evidence.

Question 29

Sociological imagination

Answer 29

A theory proposed by Charles Wright Mills, which involves looking at societal issues in a different way and entails removing biases to identify links between personal troubles and public issues.

Question 30

Generation

Answer 30

A term used to categorise people born at the same time, or in a similar age group, who endured similar experiences.

Question 31

Socio-economic status

Answer 31

Describes an individual’s or family’s economic and social position in relation to others, based on income, education, and occupation.

Question 32

Values

Answer 32

Principles, standards, or qualities that members of a society consider important.

Question 33

Social construct

Answer 33

Something that is created by members of a particular society, or social institutions, rather than being a natural occurrence.

Question 34

Feminism

Answer 34

A theoretical perspective that advocates for gender equality by opposing sexism and patriarchy.

Question 35

Marxist feminism

Answer 35

A form of feminism, based on the idea of Karl Marx, which argues that women are oppressed due to the capitalist system. It is believed that the position of women in the family serves the interest of the economy.

Question 36

Radical feminism

Answer 36

A form of feminism that believes that patriarchy will only end when women are freed from the emotional and physical violence inflicted by men. It argues that married women cannot be feminist as any dependence on men results in the oppression of women.

Question 37

Liberal feminism

Answer 37

form of feminism that does not believe that society needs to be radically overhauled. Rather, current institutions need reform so that women are given choices and opportunities, just like men.

Question 38

Families of choice

Answer 38

Refers to when people choose to treat one another as family in an emotional sense, even if they aren’t related biologically.