Society and Culture flashcards

89 SACE Society and Culture cards across 4 modules (34 definitions, 54 key facts, 1 fill-the-gap, 0 formulas). Each session gives you 20 cards, due cards first. Swipe right for easy, left for hard, down for again. Keyboard: Space to flip, 1 to 4 to rate.

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What this deck covers

Module 1: Culture and Identity (31 cards, 9 dot points)
Module 2: Contemporary Social Issues (16 cards, 5 dot points)
Module 3: Globalisation and Social Change (23 cards, 7 dot points)
Module 4: Social Inquiry and Investigation (19 cards, 6 dot points)

Sample cards from this deck

Definition
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures (SACE Stage 2 Society and Culture)
Define Connection to Country
Connection to Country is the central relationship in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures between people and their land, waters, ancestors and the spiritual world, carrying identity, law, knowledge and responsibility.
Definition
Analysing a contemporary social issue (SACE Stage 2 Society and Culture)
Define Contemporary social issue
A contemporary social issue is a current matter that affects many members of society, has social causes and consequences, and generates disagreement about its nature, causes or solutions.
Definition
Cultural globalisation and identity (SACE Stage 2 Society and Culture)
Define Cultural globalisation
Cultural globalisation is the worldwide spread and exchange of ideas, values, products, symbols and ways of life across national borders, driven by media, migration, trade and digital technology.
Definition
Analysing and presenting findings (SACE Stage 2 Society and Culture)
Define Analysis in social inquiry
Analysis is the process of interpreting evidence to identify patterns, relationships, themes and competing perspectives, and explaining what the evidence reveals about the research question, rather than merely describing the data.
Definition
Ethnicity, multiculturalism and social cohesion (SACE Stage 2 Society and Culture)
Define Ethnicity and multiculturalism
Ethnicity is a shared sense of group identity based on common ancestry, culture, language or history. Multiculturalism is the policy and condition of many ethnic and cultural groups living together within one society while retaining their distinct cultures.
Definition
Authority, the state and political power (SACE Stage 2 Society and Culture)
Define Authority
Authority is power that is regarded as legitimate, meaning those subject to it accept that the holder has a rightful claim to exercise it, and therefore obey willingly rather than only through coercion.
Definition
Economic globalisation and the future of work (SACE Stage 2 Society and Culture)
Define Economic globalisation
Economic globalisation is the increasing integration of national economies through international trade, foreign investment, global finance and worldwide supply chains, so that economic activity is organised across rather than within national borders.
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Ethics in social research (SACE Stage 2 Society and Culture)
Define Research ethics
Research ethics are the moral principles and standards that govern how research is conducted, ensuring that participants are respected and protected and that the research is honest and responsible.
Definition
Gender and society (SACE Stage 2 Society and Culture)
Define Sex and gender
Sex refers to biological characteristics. Gender refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviours, expectations and identities that a society associates with being a man, a woman or another gender.
Definition
Ideology, perspectives and the construction of issues (SACE Stage 2 Society and Culture)
Define Ideology
An ideology is a connected system of beliefs and values about how society works and how it should be organised, which shapes how people interpret events and judge what is right and what should be done.