Sociology- Key Concepts

Sociology- Key Concepts

1. Bourgeoisie- Marxist term for the capitalist class

2. Compensatory Education- government education policies such as Operation Headstart

3. Comprehensive system- a non-selective system where all the children attend the same type of secondary school.

4. Correspondence Principle- Bowles and Gintis concept describing the way that the organisation and control of school, mirrors the workplace in Capitalist society.

5. Cultural Capital- the knowledge, attitudes, values, language, tastes and abilities that the middle class transmit to their children.

6. Cultural Deprivation- the theory that many working class and black children are inadequately socialised and therefore lack the 'right' culture needed for educational success.

7. Culture- all thhose things that are learnt and shared by a society or group of people and transmitted through generations

8. Curriculum- those things taught or learnt in educational institutions

9. Deferred Gratification- postpoing immediate rewards or pleasures, generally with the aim of producing a greater reward at a later date.

10. Dependency Culture- where people assume tha the state will support them, rather than relying on their own efforts and taking responsibility for their families.

11. Deviance- behaviour that does not conform to the norms of a society or group, it is a social construction.

12. Feminism- a sociological perspective and political movement that focuses on

13. Legitimation- justifying something by making it seem fair and natural. This is the main function of ideology.

14. Longitudinal Study- study of sample of people in which information is collected at regular intervals over an extended period of time

15. Marketisation- the policy of introducing market forces