Socio vocab 1

Customs

• establish and accepted cultural practices and behaviours.

• the way of life of a particular group of people, taught and learnt through socialization.

• an approach focused on the behaviour of individuals that refers to three related perspectives (phenomenology, ethnomethodology, and symbolic interactionism) based on the concept of social action.

• the idea that our perception of what is real is created through a variety of historical and cultural processes, rather than something that is fixed and naturally occurring. Different societies, for example, construct male and female identities differently.

Social Control

• political, sociological and economic school of thought based on the work of Karl Marx.

• socially acceptable ways of behaving in different roles.

• male-dominated unit or society.

• ways om which members of society are made to conform to norms and values.

Peers

• repeated experience of wealthy lifestyles and desirable consumer goods that suggests that ‘happiness’ is something that can be bought.

• people of similar status, and usually age with whom a person has frequent contact.

• the claim that human behaviour is shaped by forces beyond the immediate control of individuals, such as social structure or ‘society.’

• male-dominated unit or society.

Consumerism

• the social institutions and groups, such as family and the media, which influence behaviour by providing guidance, examples and sanctions.

• repeated experience of wealthy lifestyles and desirable consumer goods that suggests that ‘happiness’ is something that can be bought.

• the process through which people learn the various forms of behaviour that go with membership of a particular culture. Young children, for example, must learn the roles, norms and values they will need to become full members of their society; these are things children do not acquire.

• expected patterns of behaviour expected with each position that we hold, such as being a friend, student, or teacher.

Family

• a culture within a larger culture. Subcultures take many forms, such as religious groups, fans of a particular singer or actor, school gangs and so on. Subcultures usually develop their own norms and values, although these do not necessarily conflict with those of the wider culture within which they exist.

• a social institution comprising a group of people linked by kinship ties.

• ways om which members of society are made to conform to norms and values.

• the social institutions and groups, such as family and the media, which influence behaviour by providing guidance, examples and sanctions.

Sanctions

• an approach focused on the behaviour of individuals that refers to three related perspectives (phenomenology, ethnomethodology, and symbolic interactionism) based on the concept of social action.

• ways of regarding or punishing acceptable or unacceptable bahviour, usually used in the sense of punishments (negative sanctions).

• male-dominated unit or society.

• beliefs or ideas that were important to the people who hold them. A value always expresses a belief about how something should be.

Values

• the process through which people learn the various forms of behaviour that go with membership of a particular culture. Young children, for example, must learn the roles, norms and values they will need to become full members of their society; these are things children do not acquire.

• beliefs or ideas that were important to the people who hold them. A value always expresses a belief about how something should be.

• a form of sociology, such as functionalism and Marxism, that focuses on analyzing society in terms of its institutional relationships and their effect on individual beliefs and behaviours. 

• the claim that human behaviour is shaped by forces beyond the immediate control of individuals, such as social structure or ‘society.’

Agencies of Social Control

• the claim that human behaviour is shaped by forces beyond the immediate control of individuals, such as social structure or ‘society.’

• when people have some control over their lives and can make choices and decisions, rather than their behaviour being determined by forces beyond their control.

• the social institutions and groups, such as family and the media, which influence behaviour by providing guidance, examples and sanctions.

• socially acceptable ways of behaving in different roles.

Roles

• a form of sociology, such as functionalism and Marxism, that focuses on analyzing society in terms of its institutional relationships and their effect on individual beliefs and behaviours. 

• expected patterns of behaviour expected with each position that we hold, such as being a friend, student, or teacher.

• the process through which people learn the various forms of behaviour that go with membership of a particular culture. Young children, for example, must learn the roles, norms and values they will need to become full members of their society; these are things children do not acquire.

• when people have some control over their lives and can make choices and decisions, rather than their behaviour being determined by forces beyond their control.

Socialisation

• ways of regarding or punishing acceptable or unacceptable bahviour, usually used in the sense of punishments (negative sanctions).

• ways om which members of society are made to conform to norms and values.

• the process through which people learn the various forms of behaviour that go with membership of a particular culture. Young children, for example, must learn the roles, norms and values they will need to become full members of their society; these are things children do not acquire.

• beliefs or ideas that were important to the people who hold them. A value always expresses a belief about how something should be.