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| analysis | the breaking down of an event or fact into smaller pieces in order to study it more closely |
| behavioral science | the study of human behavior |
| body language | a type of nonverbal communication in which body movements transmit messages, sometimes unconscioulsly, from one person to another |
| Church | term generally used to describe organized religion or religious groups |
| communication | a process of making, keeping, and changing relationships with others |
| community | a group of people who work together for common goals and who may live close to each other |
| Economic institution | one of the five major ways in which a society survives, sometimes called industry or business in our society |
| Institution of Education | a major way of society survives, by training the young to take their place in the society as adults |
| extended family | a family structure composed of husband and wife, their children and near realitives |
| Institution of the Family | a group usually composed of at least one man, a woman and their child or children |
| folkway | a custom in the society that is followed by persons in the society who are considered polite, a less serious norm than mores |
| Institution of Government | a formal organization within a society that regulates the activites of its members through a system of laws, one of the five ways which society survives |
| group | two or more persons together, may be either a primary group or a secondary group |
| interview | meeting at which information is gathered |
| language | a system of symbols having meaning, used in communication |
| law | a norm established and enforced by government for the smooth running of society |
| mobility | a change in status within a society, may be upward into a higher class, downward into a lower class, or horizonatal across the same status level |
| mores | norms carrying a serious moral judgement against offenders |
| negative sanction | a punishment for violating a social norm |
| nonverbal communication | the passing of ideas from one person to another by ways other than language, including the use of space, time, clothing and body movements |
| norms | rules of society that regualte the behavior of its members, they develop from a society's basic beliefs and values |
| nuclear family | family structure usually composed only of husband, wife and children |
| observation | the act of watching and writing down facts and events |
| opinion poll | a systamatic method of determining peopl's thoughst about certain issues at a specific time and place throught interviewing, often called a survey of public opinion |
| peer group | individuals of aobut the same age, social class, and interests |
| personal space | the space, or territory, around an individual |
| positive sanction | a reward for obeying a social norm, or an inducement to obey a norm |
| primary group | a small group whose members have very close relationships over a long period of time, such as the family |
| Institution of Religion | the organization of beliefs concerning God or spiritual matters and their relationships with human begings and the material world |
| role | specific set of behavior patterns by a particualr person or group |
| role conflict | when roles require totally different kinds of behavior from an individual |
| sample | a part of the survey popualtion that supposedly represents the opinions of the larger population |
| sanction | a reward or a punishment that is used by a society to encourage its members to obey social norms |
| secondary group | a group that is usually larger and less loving than a primary group, it is often formed to do a job |
| social class | a group identifiable by the values, actions, and possessions of its members |
| social institution | a rather unchanging way that soicety has for survival, the family, government, education, economy and religion are five major social institutions in every society |
| socialization | process through which an individual learns the rules of society |
| society | a large group made up of many primary and secondary groups and two or more communities |
| sociologist | a social scientist who studies peoples behavior in groups |
| sociology | a behavioral science that studies peoples actions in groups |
| spatial invasion | the entry of a person into the space territory of another person without consent |
| status | the positon an individual holds on the ladder of social stratification in a society |
| status symbols | visible reward that show an individual status in the society |
| survey population | the entire group of people represented in a survey or opinion poll |
| survey of public opinion | a method in which questions are asked of population sample to find out the opinions of the entire population often called opinion poll or interview |
| territoriality | the tendency to protect certain people, land, space and objects as one's own against invasion by others |
| value | an idea or belief about the goodness or badness of a person thing situation or action |
