schaefer
ranking of entire groups of
Social change Significant
alteration over time in behavior
patterns and
culture, including norms and
values. (389)
Social control The techniques
and strategies for preventing
deviant
human behavior in any society.
(147)
Social institution An organized
pattern of beliefs and behavior
centered
on basic social needs. (103)
Social structure The way in
which a society is organized into
predictable relationships. (94)
Socialization The lifelong
process in which people learn the
attitudes,
values, and behaviors appropriate
for members of a particular
culture. (73)
Social interaction The ways in
which people respond to one
another. (94)
Stratification A structured
people that perpetuates unequal
economic rewards and power in a
society. (170)
Tischler
Social change Any modification
in the social organization
of a society in any of its social
institutions or social roles.
Social inequality The uneven
distribution of privileges,
material rewards, opportunities,
power, prestige, and
influence among individuals or
groups.
Social institutions The ordered
social relationships
that grow out of the values,
norms, statuses, and
roles that organize the activities
that fulfill society’s
fundamental needs.
Socialization The long and
complicated processes
of social interactions through
which a child learns
the intellectual, physical, and
social skills needed to
function as a member of society.
Social interaction The interplay
between the actions of
one individual and those of one
or more other people.
Social stratification The
division of society into levels,
steps, or positions that is
perpetuated by the major
institutions of society such as the
economy, the family,
religion, and education.
Social structure The stable,
patterned relationships
that exist among social
institutions within a society.
Gidens
Social change Alteration in the
basic structures of a social group
or society. Social
change is an ever-present
phenomenon in
social life, but has become
especially intense
in the modern era.
Social interaction Any form of
social
encounter between individuals.
Most of our
Lives are made up of social
interaction of one
type or another.
Social nlobility Movement of
individuals or
groups betvveen different socio-
economic
positions
Social stratification The
existence of struc
tured inequalities between groups
in society,
Socialization The social
processes through
which children develop an
awareness of
social norms and values and
achieve a dis
tinct sense of self.
Social structure Patterns of
interaction
betvveen individuals or groups.