Sport And Society Key Terms Flashcards

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What is society

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An organised group or people associated for a specific purpose or for a shared common interest

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What is socialisation ?

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A lifelong process where members of a society learns its norms, values, ideas, practises and roles in order to take their place in that society

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What is primary socialisation ?

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Primary - This refers to socialisation during the early years of childhood which takes place mainly within immediate family

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What is secondary socialisation ?

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This occurs in later year e.g. as teenagers and adults when the family is less involved

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What is gender socialisation

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The act of learning to conform to socially defined gender roles through socialisation

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What is social control ?

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A way which refers to the way peoples thoughts, feelings and interactions are controlled within society

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What is social change ?

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An alteration in the order of society

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What is social inequality

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The unfair situation where resources and opportunities are unevenly distributed

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What is social process

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The sequence of events within a society can be categorised into social control and change

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What are social issues

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Problems that effect many people within society

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What are social issues

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Problems which effect many people in society

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What is social structure ?

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Organised patterns of social relationships and institutions that make up society ; class is a common structure in the UK

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What is social class ?

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A term used to define social inequalities. Certain groups of people have more access to wealth opportunities etc

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What is strata of society ?

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A group of people in it who are similar in education, income or social status

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What is stratification ?

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System or ranking in society, e.g. based on wealth power etc

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What is social action theory

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A way of viewing stratification, emphasising the active roles people have in society

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What is the interactionist approach

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A study of how people behave in society. It is a theoretical process which stems from social process

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What is channelling ?

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Ethnic minorities being pushed into certain sports or even certain positions positions within a team based of assumptions made about them

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What is stacking ?

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The disproportionate concentration of ethnic minorities in certain positions in a sports team, which tends to be based on the stereotype that they’re more valuable for their physicality than their decision making or communication