101 Course Tutorials | Sociology 101


	Individual and Society : Key Terms

The following terms are essential in order to complete the exercises in this unit. Click on the term to see its definition.


	alienation	anomie

	basic human needs	bureaucracy

	capitalist category class coercive organization	cognitive development crowd cultural relativism cultural transmission

	death instinct	dyad

	ethnocentrism	Eurocentrism

	false consciousness	formal organization

	group dynamics

	in-groups

	justice perspective

	language	life instinct

	material culture mechanical solidarity moral development	moral reasoning multiculturalism

	nature vs. nurture nonmaterial culture	normative organization norms

	organic solidarity	out-groups

	peer group primary group	profit proletarian

	reference group

	secondary group self sensorimotor stage social diversity	social group socialization stereotype symbols

	triad

	utilitarian organization

	values

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