Definitions

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Socialisation

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The process of learning the culture of a society (as a child)

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Culture

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The ideas, customs and social behavior of a society

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Identity

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How individuals or groups see and define themselves

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Social differation

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The increase of subsystems in modern society

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Power

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The capacity to influence, lead, dominate or have an impact on a society

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Stratification

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The classification of something into different groups

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Sociological perspective

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The ways sociologists view the world based on sociological viewpoint

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Ethnocentrism

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Judging other cultures by comparing with ones own culture and deeming other cultures inferior while doing so

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Subculture

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A social group who subscribes to the values and norms of mainstream Society in most respects but may support norms and values that are distinct from society and generally regarded as deviant

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Norms

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Specific guidelines for conduct in part circumstances such as dress code. Essentially values put into practice

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Values

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General guidelines for conduct based on beliefs that something is good, desirable, important and worthwhile such as a individual achievement

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Social status

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Prestige or social esteem attached to a particular role by society, which may be used as a type of social ranking. Can be ascribed-relatively fixed such as gender or achieved such as an education

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Social role

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A set of expectations attached to a particular social status

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Theory

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Set of ideas which claim to show how everything works

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Theory

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Set of ideas which claim to show how everything works

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Ideology

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Dominant set of ideas which present only a partial and often distorted view of reality aimed at justifying some inequality

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Sociological theory

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Set of ideas which claims to explain how society work

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Macro sociology

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Branch of sociology which views society as a social system consisting of various parts which are interrelated

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Micro sociology

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Branch of sociology analyzing small scale interactions between social groups

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Consensus approaches

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Perspectives that view agreement as the basis of social life

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Conflict approaches

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Perspectives that view conflict as the basis of social life

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Metanarratives

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Big picture of how the world works

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Phenomenology

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Bran of social action concerned with how humans make sense of the world around them

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Ethnomethodology

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Branch of social action argues that members of society actively construct meanings and impose them on the world

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Structuration theory

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Theory attempting to combine structure and action. People interpret the word around them and make choices on how they should react and behave, but those choices are shaped by the structure of society

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Interpertivism

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Not positivism

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Postmodernity

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Describe stage after modern moved into period in which the dominance of scientific thought is being challenged and diversity is celebrated

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Methodology

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The ideas behind the choice of methods

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Triangulation

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Using different researchers and combining different research methods and different types of data in order to the check the validity and how reliable the findings are

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Validity

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The extent of which the research measures what it actually sets out to measure and the extent to which the findings are a true reflection on peoples beliefs, attitudes and behavior

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Reliablity

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the degree to which something if repeated would give the same or very similar results

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Value freedom

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The researchers beliefs and opinions are detached from the research process and do not prejudice the results

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Operationalism

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Defining concepts so that they can be measured e.g operationalise social class you could use income as a indicator

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Dependent variable

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Factor being acted upon such as amount of clothing

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Independent variable

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Active changing factor such as temperature

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Representativeness

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How typical the situation is and the possibility of generalizing

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Social policy

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Government plans aimed at meeting the needs of the population

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Sample

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A group selected by the researcher from the survey population for study purposes