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Sociology Terms III
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termssociologyvocabsciencevocabularysocial
Language
a type of nonmaterial culture that is an organized set of symbols
Norms
a type of nonmaterial culture that is rules about behavior
Folkways
a type of norm that is a casual norm
Mores
a type of norm that is very serious
Taboos
a type of norm that is not even good to think about
Negative Sanction
the response for violating a norm
Formal sanction
official responses from organizations
Inform sanction
responses from individuals in social groups
Positive sanction
response for staying with or exceeding pleasantly a norm
The power of informal sanctions
informal sanctions can be as strong as formal ones
Ideology
the set of ideals set up by those in power
Values
general or abstract ideas about what is good and bad in a society
Weltanshauung
German word for beliefs
Belief
ideas about what is real and what is not real
Culture
patterns or norms, explicit and implicit, transmitted by symbols, constituting the
distinctive achievements of human groups; beliefs/values