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sociology ch 14
definition | word |
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consists of rules and norms that ensure the transmission of knowledge, values, and patterns or behaviors of one generation to the next | education |
which involves instruction by specially trained teachers who follow officially recognized policies | schooling |
funtionalist sociologists who also believe that education serves to produce a society of individuals who share a common national identity | social integration |
how education serves to screen and select the members of society for the work they will do as adults (aptitude test) | occupational placement |
to describe schools and transmission of cultural goals that are not openly acknowledged | hidden cirriculum |
involves the assignment of students to different kinds of educational programs such as general studies, vocational training and college prep | tracking |
funded with public money but are privately operated and run | charter schools |
system in which a childs main educational sytem is done by parents at home | home schooling |
gangs, metal detectors, fights | violence in schools |
involves set punishments and often expulsion for serious offenses | zero tolerance |
system in which non speaking english students are taught in their native language until they are proficient enough in english to attend regular classes | bilingual ed |
anything that is considered to be of the supernatural | sacred |
anything to be considered part of the ordinary world and unless common place is familiar | profane |
a system of roles and norms that is organized around the sacred realm and binds people together in social groups | religion |
may be defined as an established pattern of behavior through which a group of believers experience the sacred | ritual |
belief that spirits actively influence life. rivers,animals, and plants have believed to have spirits | animism |
type of animism and is believed that spirits communicate only with one person in the group | shamanism |
involves a belief in kinship between humans and animals or natural objects | totemism |
belief in a god or gods. God is considered a divine power worthy of worship | theism |
belief in one god. ex. judism, christianity, islam | monotheism |
refers to the belief in a number of gods ex. hinduism | polytheism |
based on the idea of moral principles which have a sacred quality based on principles of truth, honor, and tolerance. | ethicalism |
type of religious organization in which most people in the society are members by virtue of their birth. ex. state church allied with gov. | ecclesia |
well established religious organization in which a substantial number of the population are members | denomination |
relatively small religious organization that has typically off from a denomination because of differences cointaing beliefs. | sect |
new religion whose beliefs and practices differ marketively from laws of societies major religions | cult |
depth of peoples religious feelings and how they translate these feelings into behaviors | religiosity |
meaning non religious | secular |