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____ is defined as the social behavior and norms found in human societies.
Culture is defined as ____.
____ refers to the physical objects, resources, and spaces that people use to define their culture.
Material culture refers to ____.
Sociologists sometimes refer to non-material culture as ____, because its central component is the symbols that people use
Sociologists sometimes refer to ____ culture as symbolic culture, because its central component is the symbols that people use
The term ____ refers to the notion that culture takes time to catch up with technological innovations .
The term cultural lag refers to the notion that ____.
Language is defined as spoken or written ____ combined into a system.
A/an ____ is what a person deems important in life.
A/an value is what a person deems ____ in life.
A/an ____ is something a person considers to be true
A/an belief is something a person considers to be ____
A/an ____ is a formal ceremonial behavior that usually includes symbolism
A/an ritual is a ____
____ are characteristics of a population such as race, ethnicity, gender, age, education, profession, occupation, income level, and marital…
Demographics are ____ of a population such as race, ethnicity, gender, age, education, profession, occupation, income level, and marital st…
____ is the average number of children born to a woman during her lifetime in a population.
Fertility rate is ____.
____ is usually measured as the number of births or deaths per 1000 people per year .
Birth and mortality rate is usually measured as ____.
____ is the movement of people from one location to another.
The theory of ____ is a theory that throws light on changes in birth rate and death rate and consequently on the growth-rate of a populatio…
The theory of demographic transition is a theory that throws light on ____.
____ are organized to either promote (proactive) or resist (reactive) social change.
Social movements are organized to either promote (____) social change.
Social movements are organized to either ____ (reactive) social change.
____ is the process of integrating a global economy with free trade and tapping into foreign labor markets.
Globalization is the process of ____.
____ refers to the population shift from rural areas to urban areas.
Urbanization refers to the ____ areas to urban areas.
____ is the system by which society ranks categories of people into a hierarchy .
Social stratification is the system by which ____ .
____ states that social stratification is necessary and results from the need for those with special intelligence, knowledge, and skills to…
Functionalism states that social stratification is ____.
____ is a category of people with shared socioeconomic characteristics.
Social class is a category of people with shared ____ characteristics.
____ is a term that describes the respect and importance tied to specific occupations or associations.
Prestige is a term that describes ____.
____ is the capacity to influence people.
Power is the capacity to ____ people.
____ is a lack of social norms , or the breakdown of social bonds between individuals and society
Anomie is ____
____ focuses on how anomic conditions can lead to deviance , and in turn reinforce social stratification.
Strain theory focuses on how ____.
____ is a term used to describe the benefits provided by social networks . Or, the investment people make in their society in return for re…
Social capital is a term used to describe the ____ . Or, the investment people make in their society in return for rewards.
Social capital is a term used to describe the benefits provided by social networks . Or, ____.
Advancement up the social ladder based on intellectual talent and achievement occurs in a ____.
____ is the movement of individuals, families, households, or other categories of people within or between social strata in a society.
____ refers to the state in which an individual cannot afford a basic subsistence level i.e. is insufficient in basic necessities of life l…
____ is the condition in which people lack the minimum amount of income needed in order to maintain the average standard of living in the s…
Relative poverty is the condition in which people lack the ____ standard of living in the society in which they live.
____ states that people seek to acquire something that others possess and which they believe they should have too .
Relative deprivation theory states that people seek to ____.
____ is the passing on of social inequality , especially poverty , from one generation to the next.
Social reproduction is the passing on of ____, from one generation to the next.
____ is a sense of powerlessness when individuals feel alienated from society.
Social exclusion is a sense of ____.
____ is social stratification across territories .