Key Words Flashcards
Bridge
A type of social tie that connects two different groups in a social network and prepares people for their role in society. EG = The bridge between primary and secondary socialisation.
Universalistic standards
Standards which apply to everyone. EG = Children are treated in the same way regardless to the fact that they have different backgrounds.
Particularistic standards
Standards which apply to particular people. EG = Children are treated according to their needs.
Norms
Social rules: Guidelines for expected behaviour in specific social settings.
Values
Beliefs about what is good or bad.
Ascribed status
Your status is fixed at birth.
Achieved status
Your status is gained overtime.
Socialisation function
The family provides primary socialisation (teach children basic norms and values) and teaches them what they need to know in order to function in their society or social group.
Meritocracy
A system in which a person’s position is based on merit. EG = Talent and hard work.
Economic function
The family provides this to all its members by pooling (gathering together) resources and ensuring everyone has what they need.
Society in miniature
Children are taught to interact with others within a set of fixed rules and education is a smaller representation of wider society.
Equality of opportunity
A system in which every person has an equal chance of success.
Integration
Durkheim states that social integration is created when the collective consciousness (the set of shared ideas and beliefs in society that operate as a unifying force) binds individuals in a society together.
Social solidarity
Social unity (putting together/welding a group of individuals into a united whole). This involves commitment to society, a sense of belonging, and a feeling that the social unit is more important than oneself.
Role allocation
Testing and evaluating individuals for their future roles based on their talent, skills and capabilities.
