Identity and Socialisation
What is the term for the process through which individuals learn the norms and values of society?
Socialisation
What is the term for a way of life shared by a group of people, including language, beliefs, and traditions?
Culture
What is the term for a person’s position in society based on factors such as income, education, and occupation?
Socio-economic status
What is the name of the research method that uses a list of set questions for all participants?
Questionnaire
What is the term for a household headed by one parent raising children without a cohabiting partner?
Single-parent family
Name the 6 agents of socialisation.
Family, Media, Religion, Peers, Workplace, Education
What is the term for a rule or guideline for behaviour that is expected in a specific society?
Norm
What is the name for the theory that inequality is necessary for society to function, as it motivates people to fill important roles?
Functionalist theory
What is the name of the group of sociologists who prefer verstehen and qualitative data?
Interpretivists
What do sociologists call the increase in different family structures beyond the traditional nuclear family?
Family diversity
What is the term for socially expected behaviour associated with being male or female?
Gender role
Which type of culture is associated with the values and lifestyles of the most powerful or dominant group in society?
High culture
What concept describes the movement of individuals or groups up or down the social hierarchy?
Social mobility
What is the term for the accuracy of a research method in measuring what it is supposed to measure?
Validity
Which sociological perspective supports the idea that greater family diversity reflects individuals exercising greater personal choice?
Postmodernism
Which sociological theory argues that identity is shaped by class, and that the working class are socialised into false consciousness?
Marxism
What term describes judging another culture by the standards of your own, often leading to misunderstanding?
Ethnocentrism
Which system of stratification is based on hereditary status and traditionally associated with Hindu society in India?
Caste system
What is the term for research that combines both qualitative and quantitative methods to gain a fuller picture?
Triangulation
What is the name of the New Right view that giving benefits to people make them lazy and reliant on the state?
The Culture of Dependency
What is the term for a status that is assigned at birth and usually cannot be changed, such as ethnicity?
Ascribed status
What is the term for when two or more cultures come into contact and influence each other?
Cultural hybridity
What is the term used to describe discrimination or disadvantage based on multiple social characteristics such as race and gender?
Intersectionality
Who researched the famous 'Suicide Study'?
Emile Durkheim
Which sociologist argued that there is no longer one dominant family type and identified the “rapidity of change” in postmodern society?
Judith Stacey