Sociology Glossary

Question	Answer
Ageism	the negative stereotyping of people on the basis of their age
alienation	where an individual or group feels socially isolated because they lack the power to control their lives and realise what they're capable of.
Banding	Form of streaming
birth rate	number of live births per thousand of the population per year
bourgeoisie	Marxist term for capitalist society. the owners of the means of production.
childhood	socially defined age-status. major differences in how childhood is viewed both historically and from different cultures.
Closed-ended Questions	questions used in a social survey that allow only a limited choice of answers which have been pre-set. produce quantitative data
compensatory education	policies such as Operation Head Start in the USA that seek to tackle the problem of under achievement

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