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Sociological Terms: Religion, Family, Gender, Capitalism, Discrimination, and More, Quizzes of Introduction to Sociology

Definitions for various sociological terms, including religious concepts, family structures, gender roles, economic systems, discrimination, and more. It covers topics such as civil religion, secularism, cohabitation, civil union, domestic partnership, sex, gender, patriarchy, sexism, glass ceiling, capitalism, race, ethnicity, discrimination, racism, ethnocentrism, corporation, alienation, union busting, meritocracy, social mobility, ideology, media, consumerism, global warming, and risk society.

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TERM 1
Civil Religion
DEFINITION 1
Set of sacred beliefs so commonly accepted by most
people that it becomes part of the national culture
TERM 2
Religion
DEFINITION 2
The way people make sense of their world
TERM 3
Sacred
DEFINITION 3
Holy things that are put to special use for the worship of
gods or supreme beings, things kept separate from the
profane realm
TERM 4
Profane
DEFINITION 4
Everyday life
TERM 5
Theism
DEFINITION 5
Worship of a god or gods as in Christianity, Islam, and
Hinduism
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Civil Religion

Set of sacred beliefs so commonly accepted by most people that it becomes part of the national culture TERM 2

Religion

DEFINITION 2 The way people make sense of their world TERM 3

Sacred

DEFINITION 3 Holy things that are put to special use for the worship of gods or supreme beings, things kept separate from the profane realm TERM 4

Profane

DEFINITION 4 Everyday life TERM 5

Theism

DEFINITION 5 Worship of a god or gods as in Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism

Ethicalism

Adherence to certain principles to lead a moral life, as in Buddhism an Taoism TERM 7

Animism

DEFINITION 7 Belief that spirits are part of the natural world, as in totemism TERM 8

Secularism

DEFINITION 8 General movement away from religiosity and spiritual belief toward a rational, scientific orientation, a trend observed in Muslim and Christian industrialized nations alike. TERM 9

Cohabitation

DEFINITION 9 Living together in an intimate relationship without formal legal or religious sanctioning TERM 10

Civil Union

DEFINITION 10 Legally recognized unions explicitly intended to offer similar state-provided legal rights and benefits as marriage.

Gender Roles

Sets of behavioral norms assumed to accompany one's status as a male or female. TERM 17

Patriarchy

DEFINITION 17 A nearly universal system involving the subordination of femininity to masculinity. TERM 18

Sexism

DEFINITION 18 Occurs when a person's sex or gender is the basis for judgment, discrimination, and hatred against him or her. TERM 19

Glass Ceiling

DEFINITION 19 An invisible limit on women's climb up the occupational ladder. TERM 20

Capitalism

DEFINITION 20 Economic system in which property and goods are primarily owned privately Investments are determined by private decisions Prices, production, and the distribution of goods are determined primarily by competition in a free market

Race

A group of people who share a set of characteristics Typically physical ones, and are said to share a common bloodline TERM 22

Ethnicity

DEFINITION 22 One's ethnic quality or affiliation. It is voluntary, self- defined, nonhierarchal, fluid and multiple, and based on cultural differences, not physical ones per se. TERM 23

Discrimination

DEFINITION 23 Harmful or negative acts against people deemed inferior on the basis of their racial category without regard to their individual merit. TERM 24

Racism

DEFINITION 24 The belief that members of separate races possess different and unequal traits. TERM 25

Ethnocentrism

DEFINITION 25 The belief that one's own culture or group is superior to others and the tendency to view all other cultures from the perspective of one's own.

Ideology

A system of concepts and relationships, an understanding of cause and effect. TERM 32

Media

DEFINITION 32 Any formats or vehicles that carry, present, or communicate information TERM 33

Consumerism

DEFINITION 33 The steady acquisition of material possessions, often with the belief that happiness and fulfillment can thus be achieved. TERM 34

Global Warming

DEFINITION 34 Rising atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as well as higher global average temps TERM 35

Risk Society

DEFINITION 35 A society that both produces and is concerned with mitigating risks, especially manufactured risks. (Ones that result from human activity)