Course Concepts

Question 1

Fundamental Course Concepts

Answer 1

S.P.E.C.T. SOCIETY. PERSONS. ENVIRONMENT. CULTURE. TIME.

Question 2

Additional Course Concepts

Answer 2

P.A.G.G.I.T.S. POWER. AUTHORITY. GENDER. GLOBALISATION. IDENTITY. TECHNOLOGIES. SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LITERACY.

Question 3

AUTHORITY

Answer 3

A LEGITIMATE USE OF POWER.

Question 4

GENDER

Answer 4

REPRESENTED SOCIALLY CONSTRUCTED DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MALES AND FEMALES.

Question 5

GLOBALISATION

Answer 5

THE PROCESS OF INTEGRATION AND SHARING OF IDEALS BETWEEN COUNTRIES.

Question 6

IDENTITY

Answer 6

THE SENSE OF SELF WHICH CAN BE VIEWED FROM A PERSONAL, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL LEVEL.

Question 7

POWER

Answer 7

THE ABILITY TO INFLUENCE OR PERSUADE OTHERS TO A POINT OF VIEW.

Question 8

TECHNOLOGIES

Answer 8

TOOLS THAT WE USE TO ASSIST OUR INTERACTIONS IN SOCIETY.

Question 9

SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LITERACY

Answer 9

HAS AN UNDERSTANDING OF ONE’S CULTURE AND DOES NOT JUDGE AND RESPECTS THAT CULTURES VALUES.

Question 10

PERSONS

Answer 10

WE HAVE OUR OWN IDENTITY, PERSONALITY, AND CHARACTER, AS WELL AS OUR OWN SPECIFIC DNA AND PHYSIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGICAL MAKE-UP.

Question 11

SOCIETY

Answer 11

THE CONTEXT IN WHICH WE LIVE OUR LIVES, CAN BE VIEWED ON MICRO, MESO AND MACRO LEVELS.

Question 12

CULTURE

Answer 12

THE SHARED KNOWELEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND BEHAVIORS, THAT GIVE EACH SOCIETY IT’S COHERENCE, IDENTITY, AND DISTINCTIVE WAY OF LIFE.

Question 13

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOCIETY AND CULTURE

Answer 13

SOCIETY IS THE CONTEXT IN WHICH WE LIVE OUR LIVES, CULTURE MAKES UP THE DEFINING ELEMENTS OF OUR WAY OF LIFE.

Question 14

ENVIRONMENT

Answer 14

OUR PHYSICAL SETTING, WHICH IS A MAJOR DETERMINANT OF OUR WAY OF LIFE.

Question 15

TIME

Answer 15

A CONSTRUCT OF OUR CULTURE; HOW WE UNDERSTAND TIME IS A PRODUCT OF OUR BELIEFS AND VALUES.

Question 16

MACRO LEVEL SOCIETY

Answer 16

THE ‘BIG PICTURE’

Question 17

MESO LEVEL SOCIETY

Answer 17

THE MIDDLE GROUND. INTERACTIONS BETWEEN COMMUNITIES.

Question 18

MICRO LEVEL SOCIETY

Answer 18

AN INDIVIDUALS PERSONAL LIFE.

Question 19

SOCIAL STRUCTURE

Answer 19

THE REOCCURING PATTERNS OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND THE ORDERED INTERELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MEMBERS OF A SOCIETY.

Question 20

SOCIAL CONSTRUCT

Answer 20

A SOCIALLY CREATED ASPECT OF SOCIETY E.G GENDER

Question 21

CONTINUITY

Answer 21

THE PERSISTENCE OR CONSITENT EXISTENCE OF CULTURAL ELEMENTS THROUGH A SOCIETY ACROSS TIME.

Question 22

CHANGE

Answer 22

THE ALTERATION OR MODIFICATION OF CULTURAL ELEMENTS IN A SOCIETY.

Question 23

SOCIALISATION

Answer 23

THE PROCESS BY WHICH INDIVIDUALS LEARN TO BECOME FUNCTIONING MEMBERS OF SOCIETY BY INTERNALISING THE ROLES, NORMS AND VALUES OF THAT SOCIETY.

Question 24

THE GROUPS AND INSTITUTIONS THAT MAKE UP SOCIETY

Answer 24

F.L.P.W.G.M.S FAMILY, SCHOOL, PEERS, WORK, GOVERNMENT, MEDIA, THE LEGAL SYSTEM.

Question 25

AGENTS OF SOCIALISATION

Answer 25

F.L.P.W.G.M.S FAMILY, SCHOOL, PEERS, WORK, GOVERNMENT, MEDIA, THE LEGAL SYSTEM.

Question 26

QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH

Answer 26

LESS DEPTH, CLOSER TO NUMERICAL, FOR EXAMPLE STATISTICS, DATA, CLOSED ENDED QUESTIONS.

Question 27

QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

Answer 27

MORE DEPTH AND DETAIL, USUALLY SUBJECTIVE AND FOCUSES ON A SMALLER NUMBER OF THINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, INTERVIEWS, OPEN ENDED SURVEYS, CONTENT ANALYSIS.

Question 28

CONTENT ANALYSIS

Answer 28

EXAMINING THE SUBJECT MATTER OF A SOURCE. FOR EXAMPLE ANALYSING A BOOK OR MOVIE.

Question 29

INTERVIEW

Answer 29

A PRIMARY RESEARCH METHOD THAT CONSISTS OF A CONVERSATION WITH OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS WITH THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING INFORMATION.

Question 30

OBSERVATION

Answer 30

A PRIMARY AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHOD. AN INDIVIDUAL OBSERVES BEHAVIOUR BY OVERLOOKING OR TAKING PART IN THE BEHAVIOUR.

Question 31

PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION

Answer 31

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.

Question 32

QUESTIONNAIRE

Answer 32

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.

Question 33

SECONDARY RESEARCH

Answer 33

RESEARCH THAT HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE AND ALWAYS NEEDS TO BE SOURCED.

Question 34

PRIMARY RESEARCH

Answer 34

RESEARCH THAT HAS BEEN CONDUCTED BY YOURSELF, FOR EXAMPLE, INTERVIEWS AND QUESTIONNAIRES THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED AND PREPARED BY YOURSELF.