Exam Flashcards
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What is the sociological imagination?
The sociological imagination refers to thinking objectively about society rather than being influenced by personal subjective experiences.
Sociological imagination: applying to a scenario
Sociological imagination refers to the ability to see the impact of social forces on an individuals private and public lives. It can help by looking at different view points on a situation and therefore gain a better understanding of how things like social forces impact individuals and groups of peoples lives.
What is Marxism
Marxism is a social perspective that see’s there is social conflict in all societies. A Marxist may see a revolution would result in a ‘class free’ society, where all people work according to their abilities.
What is feminism?
Feminism is a social theory that theorise that women are treated with inequality due from being their specific gender. A feminist may believe that both genders are equal, as well as all aspects of society are equal as well.
What is functionalism
Functionalism is a social theory that theorise each part of society is interdependent and all work towards marking society function. Each aspect of society may have different tasks, but all work together to make society function as a whole.
What is youth
Youth is a modern phenomenon. Youth refers to young people on general, from the ages 12 to 25. It can refer to a time where young people socially develop.
What is a stereotype:
Stereotypes ads assumptions about individuals asked on their social group membership rather than individual characteristics.
What is society?
The people who interact in such a way as to share a common culture. The cultural bond may be ethnic or racial, based on gender, or due to shared beliefs, values, and activities.
What is Socio-economic status?
The measure of a person’s work experience and of an individual’s or family’s economic and social position in relation to others, based on income, education, and occupation.
What is adolescence
Refers to a stage where physical and biological changes occur and rather a stage that happens within youth.
What is homogenous
Homogenous means “same kind” therefore interpreting things as the same, like social categories and the members within it.
What is Sociology?
Sociology is the study of human groups and social behaviour. It investigates human behaviour and social interaction, in order to understand why society change, develop and organise the way it does.
What is heterogenous
Heterogenous refers to seeing things as diverse, using a heterogenous view can mean seeing things as unalike and different in kind.
What are social categories?
Social categories are groups of anonymous individuals who share a social characteristic, such as age, gender, sexuality, ethnic background etc. they may have nothing else in common, nor have anything else do to with one another.
What is family
Family is a social institution containing a group of people with shared biological and/or cultural heritage, affinity or residence.
Key functions of family
Family is a vital social institution, as it assists with the nurturing and socialisation of children, emotional and physical stability, economic support and reproduction. Thus if families are stable, they contribute positive outcomes to society as a whole.
Nuclear family
Consisting of a mother, a father and any number of dependant children, spanning across 2 generations who live together in the same household.
Extended family
Immediate family members and non immediate family members spanning two or more generations, such as aunts, uncles, cousins and other descendants from a common ancestor.
Cohabitation
A living situation whereby two of more unmarried adults share a household over a prolonged period.
One parent family
Families based on a person who is not in a couple relationship, but forms a parent-child relationship with at least one other person (child) in the household.
Step family
A family structure involving both or one of the adults bringing children from a previous relationship into the current relationship - the step family (sometimes referred to as a ‘blended family’)
Same sex couple families
A social structure that encompasses a range of family arrangements including children raised by same-sex attracted couples with at least one LGBTI partner, or a lone parent identifying as LGBTI
