Monday, June 22, 2009
Basic Concepts of Sociology
Basic Concepts of Sociology
Terms of Sociology
We have explained in details the various terms used in Sociology. Check out the alphatically listed terms of sociology for your reference. If there are any terms commonly used in Sociology and that have not been explained in out list of Sociology Terms, please write to us and we will add it to the list of terms of sociology for your benefit. After all it is the basic concepts of any subject that requires clarity and if your basic concepts of Sociology is not clear you are bound to remain unclear with many topics.- Society
- Community
- Cultural Relativism
- Association
- Culture
- Diffusion
- Cultural Lag
- Cultural Relativism
- Ethnocentrism
- Values
- Social Norms
- Social Institutions
- Cooperation
- Competition
- Conflict
- Accommodation
- Assimilation
- Acculturation
- Social Groups
- Social System
- Status And Role
- Socialization
- Deviance
- Conformity
- Law
- Customs
- Acculturation
- Integration
- Social Distance
- Some Of Terms And The Theorists
- Important Points To Remember
- Important Books And Authors
- Important Concepts And Their Theorists
- Sociology of Media
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Education
Education
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Durkheim conceives education as the socialization of the younger generation. He further states that it is a continuous effort to impose on the child ways of seeing, feeling and acting which he could not have arrived at spontaneously.
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A.W Green writes: Historically education has meant the conscious training of the young for the later adoption of adult roles. By modern convention however education has come to mean formal training by specialists within the formal organization of the school.
The concepts of socialization and learning are related to in fact often inseparable from the concept of education. The main function of the educative process is to pass down knowledge from generation to generation- a process that is essential to the development of culture. Formal education is primarily designed to inculcate crucial skills and values central to the survival of the society or to those who hold effective power. Inherent in education, in all period of man’s history is a stimulus to creative thinking and action which accounts in part for culture change, culture change itself being a powerful stimulus to further innovation.
Types of marriages
Types of marriages
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Polygyny:
It is a form of marriage in which one man marries more than one woman at a given time. It is of two types --- Sororal polygyny and non sororal polygyny
Sororal polygyny:It is a type of marriage in which the wives are invariably the sisters. It is often called sororate.
Non-sororal polygyny:It is a type of marriage in which the wives are not related as sisters.
Polyandry:
It is the marriage of one woman with more than one man. It is less common than polygyny. It is of two types---- Fraternal Polyandry and non fraternal polyandry.
Fraternal polyandry:When several brothers share the same wife the practice can be called alelphic or fraternal polyandry. This practice of being mate, actual or potential to one's husband's brothers is called levirate. It is prevalent among Todas.
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In this type the husband need not have any close relationship prior to the marriage. The wife goes to spend some time with each husband. So long as a woman lives with one of her husbands; the others have no claim over her.
Monogamy:
It is a form of marriage in which one man marries one woman .It is the most common and acceptable form of marriage.
Serial monogamy:
In many societies individuals are permitted to marry again often on the death of the first spouse or after divorce but they cannot have more than one spouse at one and the same time.
Straight monogamy:
In this remarriage is not allowed.
Group Marriage:
It means the marriage of two or more women with two or more men. Here the husbands are common husbands and wives are common wives. Children are regarded as the children of the entire group as a whole.