Sociology flashcards

What this deck covers

• Deviance, Crime and Social Order (6 cards, 2 dot points)

  • Crime and Deviance - TCE Sociology (Tasmania) - Level 3 (3)
  • Deviance, Relativity and Moral Panic - TCE Sociology (Tasmania) - Level 3 (3)
• Equality and Inequality (6 cards, 2 dot points)

  • Gender and Inequality - TCE Sociology (Tasmania) - Level 3 (3)
  • Indigenous Australians and Inequality - TCE Sociology (Tasmania) - Level 3 (3)
• Social Change in Contemporary Society (3 cards, 1 dot point)

  • Theories of Social Change - TCE Sociology (Tasmania) - Level 3 (3)
• Social Institutions in Contemporary Australia (12 cards, 4 dot points)

  • Education, Work and the Media - TCE Sociology (Tasmania) - Level 3 (3)
  • Family and Households - TCE Sociology (Tasmania) - Level 3 (3)
  • Power, Politics and Institutions - TCE Sociology (Tasmania) - Level 3 (3)
  • Social Stratification and Inequality - TCE Sociology (Tasmania) - Level 3 (3)
• Socialisation and the Individual (15 cards, 5 dot points)

  • Culture and Socialisation - TCE Sociology (Tasmania) - Level 3 (3)
  • Forms of Socialisation - TCE Sociology (Tasmania) - Level 3 (3)
  • Self and Identity - TCE Sociology (Tasmania) - Level 3 (3)
  • Social Control and Conformity - TCE Sociology (Tasmania) - Level 3 (3)
  • Theories of Socialisation - TCE Sociology (Tasmania) - Level 3 (3)
• Sociological Inquiry and the Investigative Project (3 cards, 1 dot point)

  • The Investigative Project - TCE Sociology (Tasmania) - Level 3 (3)
• Sociological Theory and Perspectives (6 cards, 2 dot points)

  • Sociological Perspectives - TCE Sociology (Tasmania) - Level 3 (3)
  • Sociological Research Methods - TCE Sociology (Tasmania) - Level 3 (3)

Sample cards from this deck

1. Definition

   Crime and Deviance - TCE Sociology (Tasmania) - Level 3

   Define Anomie

   Anomie is a condition of weakened or unclear social norms, leaving individuals without firm moral guidance. Durkheim linked it to rapid social change; Merton reworked it to mean the strain produced when society cannot deliver the success it tells everyone to want.

2. Definition

   Gender and Inequality - TCE Sociology (Tasmania) - Level 3

   Define Patriarchy

   Patriarchy is a social system in which men hold most of the power and women are systematically disadvantaged across institutions such as the family, work, politics and the media. Feminists use the concept to explain why gender inequality is structured and durable rather than a series of individual choices.

3. Definition

   Theories of Social Change - TCE Sociology (Tasmania) - Level 3

   Define Rationalisation

   Weber's term for the long term process by which traditional, customary and emotional ways of acting are replaced by calculated, efficient, rule governed ones. Bureaucracy is the clearest example, and Weber warned it could become an iron cage that traps people in impersonal routines.

4. Definition

   Education, Work and the Media - TCE Sociology (Tasmania) - Level 3

   Define Hidden curriculum

   The hidden curriculum is the set of values, attitudes and behaviours that students learn implicitly through the experience of schooling, such as accepting authority, competing for grades and keeping to timetables, rather than through the official subjects taught.

5. Definition

   Culture and Socialisation - TCE Sociology (Tasmania) - Level 3

   Define Norms and values

   Values are broad, abstract principles a society holds dear, such as mateship or a fair go in Australian culture. Norms are the specific, practical rules that put those values into action, such as queuing fairly or shouting a round at the pub.

6. Definition

   The Investigative Project - TCE Sociology (Tasmania) - Level 3

   Define Hypothesis and aim

   An aim is a general statement of what you want to find out. A hypothesis is a specific, testable prediction, for example that older residents use social media less than younger residents.

7. Definition

   Sociological Perspectives - TCE Sociology (Tasmania) - Level 3

   Define Value consensus

   A broad agreement among the members of a society about what is important, right and worth striving for. Functionalists argue this shared morality is the glue that holds society together.

8. Definition

   Deviance, Relativity and Moral Panic - TCE Sociology (Tasmania) - Level 3

   Define Deviance and crime

   Deviance is any behaviour that breaks the norms of a social group and attracts disapproval. Crime is the narrower category of deviance that also breaks the formal law and attracts official sanctions.

9. Definition

   Indigenous Australians and Inequality - TCE Sociology (Tasmania) - Level 3

   Define Structured inequality

   Structured inequality is inequality that is built into the organisation of society and its institutions, so that disadvantage is patterned, durable and passed between generations, rather than being random or individual.

10. Definition

    Family and Households - TCE Sociology (Tasmania) - Level 3

    Define Social institution

    A social institution is an established, organised cluster of norms and roles built around a basic social need, such as the family (reproduction and care), education (knowledge transmission) or the economy (production). Institutions are interconnected and relatively stable over time.