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| Consensus | means a general agreement |
| Social Institutions | are normative systems that operate in five basic areas of life. These five basic institutions are called the family, government, economy, education and religion |
| Functionalism | is a sociological perspective that focuses on understanding how the different parts of society work together to keep it running smoothly. It uses the organic analogy. |
| Social Integration | is defined as a process in which all the social groups share the socioeconomic and cultural life. |
| Social Order | is defined as the conservation, maintenance and enforcement of the "normal" ways of relating and behaving in a society. It is the pattern of shared and predictable behaviour. |
| Social Solidarity | is a set of norms, values and morals that hold a certain group of people together |
| Social Structure | is an alternative term for the social organization of society. |
| Structuralist Theory | states that human behaviour is determined by the organization of society |
| Values or Moral Consensus is . | an agreement among a majority of members concerning what is good and worthwhile |
| Bourgeoisie (or capitalists) | are the owners of the means of production (factories) or businesses and they are dominant class in dominant societies. |
| Capitalism is | an economic system based on profit (surplus value) and private ownership of property and/or business |
| False class consciousness is | the state of not being aware of being exploited as workers. |
| Feminism is | a set of ideas that state that women are oppressed and exploited by men. |
| Ideology | describes the norms and values that justify the capitalist system and the exploitation of workers. |
| Legitimate means | all is fair, legal and reasonable. |
| Marxism is | a sociological perspective that believes society is based on economic inequality (rich and poor) based on greed, profit and private property. |
| Means of Production | describes the land, factories, machines, science and technology, and labour power required to produce goods and services. |
| Oppositional subcultures | are social groups whose value system and behaviour challenge the dominant capitalist vale system. |
| Patriarchy | is a system describing male domination. |
| Proletariat | describes the working class in a capitalist system. |
| Interpretations | are the meanings we attach to particular objects or situations. |
| Labelling theory | is the idea that categorising or stereotyping individuals or groups can seriously affect their behaviour. This theory is particularly used in the fields of education and deviance. |
| Master status | is a label that overrides all others (e.g. paedophile). |
| Self-Identity | refers to how we see ourselves, usually in reaction to how we think others see us. |
| Self-Fulfilling Prophecy | is a prediction that makes itself become true. |
| Social Action Theory or Interactionism | is a sociological perspective that focuses on the ways in which people give meaning to their own and others’ actions. |
| Social Identity | refers to how society sees us, in terms of whether we live up to the cultural expectations attached to the social roles we play. |
| Subjective | means personal and based on an individual’s view. |
