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1)Beliefs Belief is the psychological state in which an individual holds a

conjecture or premise to be true.

2)Counterculture A counterculture is a subculture whose values and norms of

behavior deviate from those of mainstream society, often in

opposition to mainstream cultural mores.3)Cultural Universals general traits that exist in all cultures

4)Culture Culture refers to the cumulative deposit of knowledge, experience,

beliefs, values, attitudes, meanings, hierarchies, religion, notions of

time, roles, spatial relations, concepts of the universe, and material

objects and possessions acquired by a group of people in the course

of generations through individual and group striving.

5)Folkways Folkways, in sociology, are norms for routine or casual interaction.

6)Law Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through

social institutions to govern behavior.

7)Material Culture Material culture refers to the relationship between artifacts and

social relations.

8)Mores Mores are the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group.

9)Norms The rules defining appropriate and inappropriate behavior.

10)Social Group A social group has been defined as two or more people who interact

with one another, share similar characteristics and collectively have

a sense of unity.

11)Social Structure Social structure refers to patterned social arrangements in society

that are both emergent from and determinant of the actions of the

individuals.

12)Society A society, or a human society, is a group of people involved with

each other through persistent relations, or a large social groupingsharing the same geographical or social territory, subject to the same

political authority and dominant cultural expectations.

13)Sociobiology Sociobiology is a field of scientific study which is based on the

assumption that social behavior has resulted from evolution and

attempts to explain and examine social behavior within that context.

14)Sociological

Imagination

Sociological Imagination is the application of imaginative thought to

the asking and answering of sociological questions.

15)Sociology Sociology is the scientific study of human social behavior and its

origins, development, organizations, and institutions.

16)Subculture A subculture is a group of people within a culture that differentiates

themselves from the larger culture to which they belong.17)Symbols A symbol is an object that represents, stands for, or suggests an idea,

belief, action, or material entity.

18)Taboo A taboo is a vehement prohibition of an action based on the belief

that such behavior is either too sacred or too accursed for ordinary

individuals to undertake, under threat of supernatural punishment.