English Social/Cultural

Conformity

compliance with standards, rules, or laws.

Gender

the male sex or the female sex, especially when considered with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones

Gender Role

A set of behaviors, attitudes, and personality characteristics expected and encouraged of a person based on his or her sex.

Mores and Values

Mores- customs and norms of a society or a community; Values the core principles and ideals upon which an entire community exists and protect and rely upon

Social Mobility

Movement up or down the social hierarchy.

Nuclear Family

One or both parents and their children.

Assimilation

The process whereby members of a group give up parts of their own culture in order to blend in to a new culture.

Religion

a cultural system composed of myths, rituals, symbols and beliefs created by humans as a way of giving our individual and collective lives a sense of meaning

Cultural Institution

established organization working for the preservation of culture

Non-Conformity

failure or refusal to conform to a prevailing rule or practice.

Beliefs and norms

ideas shared among a group of people; something that is usual, typical, or standard.

Socioeconomic Status

position of an individual or group on the socioeconomic scale, which is determined by a combination of social and economic factors such as income, amount and kind of education, type and prestige of occupation, place of residence

Taboo

norm so strongly held by a society that its violation brings extreme disgust.

Race

the concept of dividing people into groups on the basis of various sets of physical characteristics and the process of ascribing social meaning to those groups.

Culture

the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group