Test info - Basic sociology terms

Question 1

Sociology

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Study of society and human behaviour.

Question 2

Theories

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General explanations of social patterns.

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Consensus theories

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Suggest there is agreement in society.

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Conflict theories

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Suggest society in unequal and based on some sort of conflict.

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Evidence

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Helps us decide which theories are more likely to be true.

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Government may use sociologists’ findings to develop…

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Social policies.

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Human behaviour is … , but learned through …..

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Not instinctive , Socialisation (feral children).

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Culture

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All things learned and shared by a group

knowledge, beliefs, norms and values

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Values

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Are general principles shared within a group .

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Norms

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Specific rules of behaviour in a group.

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Subcultures

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Some norms and values may differ from the larger.

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Socalisation

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Process of learning ones culture.

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Primary socalisation

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Mostly happens in families.

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Secondary Socalisation

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Mostly happens in education system.

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Statuses

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Ascribed - Gender, Class / Achieved - Teacher, Doctor.

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Role

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Set of norms that given how a person a in a certain role should act.

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Structural view

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Sees society shaping the individual.

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Social Action theorists

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More interested in the interactions between two people than how large institutions influence people.

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Functionalists

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Suggest society is based on value consensus (agreement of values/morals).

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Marxists

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See society based on class conflict. (bourgeoisie exploits proletariat).

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Feminists

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See society as patriarchal.

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Postmodernists

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Suggest we are more connected by what we consume, rather than by our class/religion etc.

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Research methods

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Such as surveys, participant observations and official statistics to gather evidence to test theories