ADVANCED VOCABULARY - SOCIOLOGY TERMS

Advanced Vocabulary - Sociology Terms

Match the following terms with their definitions on the right. The tiles in the right-hand column are sortable. ANSWERS

relating to farming or farmers
a difference from what most people consider to be normal or acceptable
capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
behaviour or actions that follow the accepted rules of society
the feeling that you do not belong in a particular group
a social system that gives power and authority to women rather than men
a group of people of the same age, social class, or education
a standard or typical example
do something that is in opposition to a law, agreement, principle
the essential or characteristic customs and conventions of a society or community

1)	mores (n)	the essential or characteristic customs and conventions of a society or community
2)	alienation (n)	the feeling that you do not belong in a particular group
3)	agrarian (adj)	relating to farming or farmers
4)	peer group (n)	a group of people of the same age, social class, or education
5)	mutable (adj)	capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
6)	violate (v)	do something that is in opposition to a law, agreement, principle
7)	deviance (n)	a difference from what most people consider to be normal or acceptable
8)	paradigm (n)	a standard or typical example
9)	conformity (n)	behaviour or actions that follow the accepted rules of society
10)	matriarchy (n)	a social system that gives power and authority to women rather than men