🍞Absolute Poverty

Lacking basic necessities like food, water, and shelter.

🏆Achieved Status

A social position earned through effort and choice.

🚫Ageism

Prejudice or discrimination based on age.

👥Agents of Socialization

People and institutions that influence social learning.

🎂Ascribed Status

A social position assigned at birth or involuntarily.

📋Census

A systematic count of a population.

👥Collective Behavior

Spontaneous and unstructured actions by a group.

🚨Crime

An act that violates criminal law.

👥Crowd

A temporary gathering of people in close proximity.

📊Demography

The statistical study of human populations.

⚠️Deviance

Behavior that violates social norms.

⚖️Discrimination

Unfair treatment based on group membership.

⬇️Downward Mobility

Movement to a lower social class.

💰Economy

The system of production, distribution, and consumption of goods.

🏫Education System

The institutions and practices for formal learning in society.

🌍Ethnicity

A social group sharing cultural traditions and identity.

👴Extended Family

A family including relatives beyond the nuclear unit.

⚡Fad

A temporary and widely adopted behavior or interest.

👪Family

A social unit related by blood, marriage, or adoption.

👗Fashion

A prevailing custom or style at a given time.

♀️Femininity

Social expectations associated with being female.

♀️Feminism

A movement advocating for gender equality.

🤝Folkway

A customary norm of everyday behavior.

⚙️Functionalism

A theory viewing society as interconnected parts working together.

⚧Gender

Social roles and expectations associated with sex.

🎭Gender Role

Behaviors considered appropriate for a person's gender.

🌍Globalization

The growing interconnection of world economies and cultures.

✅In-Group

A group to which a person feels they belong.

🏭Industrialization

The development of manufacturing in a society.

🎙️Interview

A conversation where a researcher asks questions of a subject.