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| Cultural diversity | describes a society in which many different cultures exist. |
| Culture | describes the way of life of a particular society or social group |
| Customs | describe the traditional forms of behaviour associated with particular social occasions |
| Deviance | describes rule-breaking behaviour. |
| Ethnocentrism | is the belief that one culture is ‘normal’ and others inferior |
| Feral | describes socialisation with limited contact with humans |
| Identity | is the sense of who we are. |
| Instinct | is the genetic or biological code in animals that largely determines their behaviour. |
| Internalize | means accepting so that it becomes ‘taken for granted’. |
| Norms | describe rules of behaviour is social situations. |
| Primary Socialization | is socialization in the very early years, normally through parents. |
| Roles | describe positions in society such as ‘mother’ or ‘police officer’. They are made up of norms. |
| Sanctions | describe actions that encourage or discourage particular behaviour, such as smiling or frowning at a young child. |
| Secondary Socialization | is socialization that continues throughout life. Education, the media and religion are all important influences. |
| Socialization | describes the process by which we learn acceptable cultural beliefs and behaviour. |
| Society | describes a social system made up of social institutions such as the family, education, law, politics, the media, religion, peer groups and so on. |
| Sociobiology | describes the study of similarities between the natural and social worlds. |
| Status | describes a social position. |
| Subculture | describes a group within a larger culture that shares aspects of that culture but also has some of its own values, customs and so on. |
| Values | describe widely accepted beliefs that guide moral behaviour. |
