- a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned
- Designation of population based on skin color or other physical features
- any collection or assemblage of persons
- A social characteristic that locates individuals in relation to other people
- a mark of disgrace or infamy
- A set of interrelated propositions or ideas intended to explain a phenomenon
- values, beliefs, symbols, objects, customs, and conventions that characterize a group or society's way of life
- an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes
- A shared way of life reflected in language, religion, and material culture such as clothing, food, music, and art
| - A prejudgement directed toward members of certain social groups
- the science or study of the origin, development, organization, and functioning of human society
- The difference in access to and accumulation of wealth, educational opportunities, and cultural activities
- in sociology, the alteration of mechanisms within the social structure, characterized by changes in cultural symbols, rules of behaviour, social organizations, or value systems
- to categorize or differentiate on the basis of membership in a racial group
- a continuing process whereby an individual acquires a personal identity and learns the norms, values, behavior, and social skills appropriate to his or her social position
- treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit
- maintains that names or labels we apply to people, places, or circumstances influence and direct our interactions and the emerging reality of the situation
- is the position of an individual in a given society and culture
| - the hierarchical or vertical division of society according to rank, caste, or class
- The organization of society; the ways in which social statuses, resources, power, and mechanisms, of control combine to form a framework of operations
- set of behavior patterns, social roles, and norms combining to form a system that fulfills an important need or function for a society
- ways in which individuals and groups participate in the construction of their perceived social reality
- the structure of social relations within a group, usually the relations between its subgroups and institutions
- refers to the emphasis on the structures and activities that transmit social inequality from one generation to the next
- assumes that social life is shaped by groups and individuals who struggle or compete with one another over various resources and rewards, resulting in particular distributions of power, wealth, and prestige in societies and social systems
- theoretical approach that stresses a social order and that views society as a collection of interdependent parts that function together to produce a consensus and stability
- relies on the symbolic meaning that people develop and rely upon in the process of social interaction
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