Key sociological terms

Pregunta	Respuesta
Society	A group of people who share a culture
Sociology	The study of human social life, groups and societies
Social Structures	The groups and institutions that make up society such as families, the education system and social stratification system
Social issues	Issues and problems that affect individuals, groups and communities in their daily lives such as fear of crime, inequality and poverty
Socialisation	The process though which we learn the culture and values of the society we are born into
Culture	The way of life of a society or group including its values, norms, beliefs and language
Social processes	Processes such as socialisation, social control and social change
Social Stratification	The way society is structured or divided into hierarchial strata or layers with the most privileged group at the top and the least privileged at the bottom
Dysfunctional	Broken family/home
Reconstituted	Remarried parent e.g. step brother
Single/Lone parent	One parent and their child/children
Nuclear/Cereal packet family	Two parent and their child/children
Extended (vertically)	Multi-generational household, grandparents/in laws
Extended (horizontally)	Same generational household, aunts and cousins
Empty nest	No children
Homosexual	Same-sex parents and their child/children
Monogamy	Marriage involving only two people of the opposite sex
Polygamy	Marriage involving at least three people
Polygyny	Where a man can have more than one wife
Polyandry	Where a woman can have more than one husband
Serial monogamy	Married to several people over a lifetime, but one at a time
1971	All marriages were at its peak
1973	Level of newly weds dropped
1996	There were 185,000 first marriages less than half the total in 1970
1945	The number of divorce has increased since 1945
1970	63000 divorces in the UK
1993	180000
2007	144000

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