A
absolute monarchies
17.2 Forms of Government
absolute poverty
10.2 Global Wealth and Poverty
achieved statuses
4.3 Social Constructions of Reality
acting crowds
21.1 Collective Behavior
activity theory
13.4 Theoretical Perspectives on Aging
age stratification theory
13.4 Theoretical Perspectives on Aging
aggregate
6.1 Types of Groups
agricultural societies
4.1 Types of Societies
Alienation
4.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Society
Alternative movements
21.2 Social Movements
Amalgamation
11.4 Intergroup Relationships
ambilineal
14.1 What Is Marriage? What Is a Family?
anarchy
17.2 Forms of Government
anticipatory socialization
5.4 Socialization Across the Life Course
antipositivism
1.2 The History of Sociology
anxiety disorders
19.3 Health in the United States
ascribed
4.3 Social Constructions of Reality
assembling perspective
21.1 Collective Behavior
Assimilation
11.4 Intergroup Relationships
asylum-seekers
20.2 Urbanization
Atheism
15.2 World Religions
atheists
15.2 World Religions
authoritarian leaders
6.2 Group Size and Structure
Authority
17.1 Power and Authority
automation
18.3 Work in the United States
B
baby boomers
13.1 Who Are the Elderly? Aging in Society
bartering
18.1 Economic Systems
Beliefs
3.2 Elements of Culture
bilateral descent
14.1 What Is Marriage? What Is a Family?
biological determinism
12.2 Gender
bourgeoisie
4.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Society
bureaucracies
6.3 Formal Organizations
C
cancer cluster
20.3 The Environment and Society
Capital flight
10.1 Global Stratification and Classification
career inheritance
18.1 Economic Systems
carrying capacity
20.1 Demography and Population
case study
2.2 Research Methods
caste system
9.1 What Is Social Stratification?
Casual crowds
21.1 Collective Behavior
category
6.1 Types of Groups
Centenarians
Introduction to Aging and the Elderly
charismatic authority
17.1 Power and Authority
Chattel slavery
10.2 Global Wealth and Poverty
class consciousness
4.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Society
class system
9.1 What Is Social Stratification?
clear division of labor
6.3 Formal Organizations
climate change
20.3 The Environment and Society
code of ethics
2.3 Ethical Concerns
Coercive organizations
6.3 Formal Organizations
cohabitation
14.1 What Is Marriage? What Is a Family?
collective behavior
21.1 Collective Behavior
collective conscience
4.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Society
commodification
19.5 Theoretical Perspectives on Health and Medicine
concentric zone model
20.2 Urbanization
Conflict theory
1.3 Theoretical Perspectives,
7.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Deviance,
7.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Deviance
Conformity
6.2 Group Size and Structure
conspicuous consumption
9.4 Theoretical Perspectives on Social Stratification
constitutional monarchies
17.2 Forms of Government
Constructivism
1.3 Theoretical Perspectives
content analysis
2.2 Research Methods
Contested illnesses
19.1 The Social Construction of Health
continuity theory
13.4 Theoretical Perspectives on Aging
Conventional crowds
21.1 Collective Behavior
Convergence theory
18.1 Economic Systems
Core nations
10.1 Global Stratification and Classification
Cornucopian theory
20.1 Demography and Population
corporate crime
7.3 Crime and the Law
corrections system
7.3 Crime and the Law
correlation
2.2 Research Methods
countercultures
3.3 Pop Culture, Subculture, and Cultural Change
court
7.3 Crime and the Law
Credentialism
16.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Education
Crime
7.3 Crime and the Law
criminal justice system
7.3 Crime and the Law
crowd
21.1 Collective Behavior
crowdsourcing
21.3 Social Change
Cults
15.2 World Religions
cultural capital
16.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Education
Cultural deviance theory
7.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Deviance
cultural imperialism
3.1 What Is Culture?
Cultural relativism
3.1 What Is Culture?
Cultural transmission
16.1 Education around the World
Cultural universals
3.1 What Is Culture?
culture lag
3.3 Pop Culture, Subculture, and Cultural Change
Culture of prejudice
11.3 Theories of Race and Ethnicity
culture shock
3.1 What Is Culture?
cyberfeminism
8.4 Theoretical Perspectives on Media and Technology
D
Davis-Moore thesis
9.4 Theoretical Perspectives on Social Stratification
de facto segregation
11.2 Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
debt accumulation
10.1 Global Stratification and Classification
debt bondage
10.2 Global Wealth and Poverty
degradation ceremony
5.4 Socialization Across the Life Course
Deindustrialization
10.1 Global Stratification and Classification
demedicalization
19.5 Theoretical Perspectives on Health and Medicine
democracy
17.2 Forms of Government
Democratic leaders
6.2 Group Size and Structure
Demographic transition theory
20.1 Demography and Population
demography
20.1 Demography and Population
denomination
15.2 World Religions
dependency ratio
13.1 Who Are the Elderly? Aging in Society
Dependency theory
10.3 Theoretical Perspectives on Global Stratification
dependent variable
2.1 Approaches to Sociological Research
depression
18.1 Economic Systems
design patent
8.2 Media and Technology in Society
deviance
7.1 Deviance and Control
diagnostic framing
21.2 Social Movements
dictatorship
17.2 Forms of Government
differential association theory
7.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Deviance
digital divide
8.1 Technology Today
Disability
19.3 Health in the United States
Discoveries
3.3 Pop Culture, Subculture, and Cultural Change
discrimination
11.2 Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
disengagement theory
13.4 Theoretical Perspectives on Aging
doing gender
12.2 Gender
DOMA
12.1 Sex and Gender
dominant group
11.1 Racial, Ethnic, and Minority Groups
downward mobility
9.2 Social Stratification and Mobility in the United States
dramaturgical analysis
1.3 Theoretical Perspectives
dynamic equilibrium
1.3 Theoretical Perspectives
dysfunctions
1.3 Theoretical Perspectives
E
e-readiness
8.1 Technology Today
E-waste
20.3 The Environment and Society
ecclesia
15.2 World Religions
Education
16.1 Education around the World
Elder abuse
13.3 Challenges Facing the Elderly
Emergent norm theory
21.1 Collective Behavior
empirical evidence
Introduction to Sociological Research
endogamous union
9.1 What Is Social Stratification?
Environmental racism
20.3 The Environment and Society
environmental sociology
20.3 The Environment and Society
epidemiology
19.4 Comparative Health and Medicine
established sects
15.2 World Religions
Ethnicity
11.1 Racial, Ethnic, and Minority Groups
ethnocentrism
3.1 What Is Culture?
Ethnography
2.2 Research Methods
evolutionary model of technological change
8.2 Media and Technology in Society
exchange theory
13.4 Theoretical Perspectives on Aging
existing social movement sector
21.2 Social Movements
exogamous marriages
9.1 What Is Social Stratification?
experiment
2.2 Research Methods
explicit rules
6.3 Formal Organizations
Expressive crowds
21.1 Collective Behavior
expressive functions
6.1 Types of Groups
expressive leaders
6.2 Group Size and Structure
Expulsion
11.4 Intergroup Relationships
extended family
14.2 Variations in Family Life
exurbs
20.2 Urbanization
F
false consciousness
4.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Society
family life course
14.1 What Is Marriage? What Is a Family?
family life cycle
14.1 What Is Marriage? What Is a Family?
family of orientation
14.1 What Is Marriage? What Is a Family?
family of procreation
14.1 What Is Marriage? What Is a Family?
fertility rate
20.1 Demography and Population
feudal societies
4.1 Types of Societies
Field research
2.2 Research Methods
figuration
1.1 What Is Sociology?
filial piety
13.1 Who Are the Elderly? Aging in Society
first world
10.1 Global Stratification and Classification
flash mobs
21.1 Collective Behavior
folkways
3.2 Elements of Culture
Formal education
16.1 Education around the World
Formal norms
3.2 Elements of Culture
formal organizations
6.3 Formal Organizations
Formal sanctions
7.1 Deviance and Control
fourth world
10.1 Global Stratification and Classification
frame alignment process
21.2 Social Movements
function
1.3 Theoretical Perspectives
Functionalism
1.3 Theoretical Perspectives
G
Gender
12.1 Sex and Gender
Gender Dysphoria
12.1 Sex and Gender
Gender identity
12.1 Sex and Gender
gender role
12.1 Sex and Gender
generalized other
5.1 Theories of Self-Development
generalized others
1.2 The History of Sociology
Genocide
11.4 Intergroup Relationships
Gentrification
20.2 Urbanization
geriatrics
13.2 The Process of Aging
gerontocracy
13.3 Challenges Facing the Elderly
Gerontology
13.1 Who Are the Elderly? Aging in Society
gerotranscendence
13.4 Theoretical Perspectives on Aging
Gini coefficient
10.1 Global Stratification and Classification
global assembly lines
18.2 Globalization and the Economy
global commodity chains
18.2 Globalization and the Economy
global inequality
10.1 Global Stratification and Classification
Global stratification
9.3 Global Stratification and Inequality,
10.1 Global Stratification and Classification
grade inflation
16.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Education
Grand theories
1.3 Theoretical Perspectives
gross national income (GNI) per capita
10.1 Global Stratification and Classification
group
6.1 Types of Groups
H
habitualization
4.3 Social Constructions of Reality
hate crimes
7.3 Crime and the Law
Hawthorne effect
2.2 Research Methods
Head Start program
16.3 Issues in Education
heterosexism
12.1 Sex and Gender
heterosexual
12.1 Sex and Gender
Hierarchy of authority
6.3 Formal Organizations
high culture
3.3 Pop Culture, Subculture, and Cultural Change
Horticultural societies
4.1 Types of Societies
hospice
13.2 The Process of Aging
Human ecology
20.2 Urbanization
Hunter-gatherer societies
4.1 Types of Societies
hypothesis,
1.3 Theoretical Perspectives
I
ideal culture
3.2 Elements of Culture
impairment
19.3 Health in the United States
impersonality
6.3 Formal Organizations
in-group
6.1 Types of Groups
independent variables
2.1 Approaches to Sociological Research
individual mandate
19.4 Comparative Health and Medicine
industrial societies
4.1 Types of Societies
informal education
16.1 Education around the World
informal norms
3.2 Elements of Culture
informal sanctions
7.1 Deviance and Control
Information societies
4.1 Types of Societies
Institutional racism
11.2 Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
institutionalization
4.3 Social Constructions of Reality
instrumental function
6.1 Types of Groups
instrumental leader
6.2 Group Size and Structure
intergenerational mobility
9.2 Social Stratification and Mobility in the United States
internally displaced person
20.2 Urbanization
interpretive framework
2.1 Approaches to Sociological Research
intersection theory
11.3 Theories of Race and Ethnicity
interview
2.2 Research Methods
intimate partner violence (IPV)
14.3 Challenges Families Face
intragenerational mobility
9.2 Social Stratification and Mobility in the United States
iron cage
4.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Society
Iron Rule of Oligarchy
6.3 Formal Organizations
L
Labeling theory
7.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Deviance
laissez-faire leader
6.2 Group Size and Structure
Language
3.2 Elements of Culture
latent functions
1.3 Theoretical Perspectives
Leadership function
6.2 Group Size and Structure
leadership styles
6.2 Group Size and Structure
legal codes
7.3 Crime and the Law
legitimation
19.5 Theoretical Perspectives on Health and Medicine
Liberation theology
15.3 Religion in the United States
life course
13.2 The Process of Aging
life expectancy
13.1 Who Are the Elderly? Aging in Society
literature review
2.1 Approaches to Sociological Research
looking-glass self
4.3 Social Constructions of Reality
M
macro-level
1.1 What Is Sociology?
Malthusian theory
20.1 Demography and Population
Manifest functions
1.3 Theoretical Perspectives
Market socialism
18.1 Economic Systems
Mass media
5.3 Agents of Socialization
master status
7.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Deviance
Material culture
3.1 What Is Culture?
matrilineal
14.1 What Is Marriage? What Is a Family?
matrilocal residence
14.1 What Is Marriage? What Is a Family?
McDonaldization of Society
6.3 Formal Organizations
Media consolidation
8.3 Global Implications of Media and Technology
media globalization
8.3 Global Implications of Media and Technology
medical sociology
19.1 The Social Construction of Health
Medicalization
19.3 Health in the United States
medicalization of deviance
19.5 Theoretical Perspectives on Health and Medicine
megachurch
15.3 Religion in the United States
megalopolis
20.2 Urbanization
Mercantilism
18.1 Economic Systems
meritocracies
6.3 Formal Organizations
Meritocracy
9.1 What Is Social Stratification?
meta-analysis
Introduction to Sociological Research
metropolis
20.2 Urbanization
micro-level
1.1 What Is Sociology?
minority group
11.1 Racial, Ethnic, and Minority Groups
model minority
11.5 Race and Ethnicity in the United States
Modernization
21.3 Social Change
modernization theory
10.3 Theoretical Perspectives on Global Stratification,
13.4 Theoretical Perspectives on Aging
monarchy
17.2 Forms of Government
Money
18.1 Economic Systems
mood disorders
19.3 Health in the United States
Moral development
5.1 Theories of Self-Development
Morbidity
19.3 Health in the United States
Mores
3.2 Elements of Culture
mortality
19.3 Health in the United States
mortality rate
20.1 Demography and Population
motivational framing
21.2 Social Movements
mutualism
18.1 Economic Systems
N
narcotizing dysfunction
8.4 Theoretical Perspectives on Media and Technology
Negative sanctions
7.1 Deviance and Control
Neo-Luddites
8.4 Theoretical Perspectives on Media and Technology
net neutrality
8.1 Technology Today
New media
8.2 Media and Technology in Society
New social movement theory
21.2 Social Movements
No Child Left Behind Act
16.3 Issues in Education
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
21.2 Social Movements
Nonmaterial culture
3.1 What Is Culture?
nonreactive research
2.2 Research Methods
Nonviolent crimes
7.3 Crime and the Law
Normative organizations
6.3 Formal Organizations
Norms
3.2 Elements of Culture
nuclear family
14.2 Variations in Family Life
nurture
5.2 Why Socialization Matters
O
oligarchy
17.2 Forms of Government
one person, one vote
17.3 Politics in the United States
operational definition
2.1 Approaches to Sociological Research
out-group
6.1 Types of Groups
outsourcing
18.3 Work in the United States
P
panoptic surveillance
8.4 Theoretical Perspectives on Media and Technology
Paradigms
1.3 Theoretical Perspectives
participant observation
2.2 Research Methods
Pastoral societies
4.1 Types of Societies
patrilineal
14.1 What Is Marriage? What Is a Family?
patrilocal residence
14.1 What Is Marriage? What Is a Family?
patrimonialism
17.1 Power and Authority
peer group
5.3 Agents of Socialization
Peripheral nations
10.1 Global Stratification and Classification
personality disorders
19.3 Health in the United States
physician-assisted suicide
13.2 The Process of Aging
planned obsolescence
8.2 Media and Technology in Society
Plant patents
8.2 Media and Technology in Society
Pluralism
11.4 Intergroup Relationships
Polarization
18.3 Work in the United States
Police
7.3 Crime and the Law
politics
17.3 Politics in the United States
Pollution
20.3 The Environment and Society
polyandry
14.1 What Is Marriage? What Is a Family?
Polytheism
15.2 World Religions
polytheistic
15.2 World Religions
popular culture
3.3 Pop Culture, Subculture, and Cultural Change
population
2.2 Research Methods
population composition
20.1 Demography and Population
population pyramid
20.1 Demography and Population
Positive sanctions
7.1 Deviance and Control
positivism
1.2 The History of Sociology
power
17.1 Power and Authority
power elite
7.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Deviance,
17.4 Theoretical Perspectives on Government and Power
primary aging
13.2 The Process of Aging
primary data
2.2 Research Methods
Primary deviance
7.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Deviance
primary groups
6.1 Types of Groups
primogeniture
9.1 What Is Social Stratification?
private healthcare
19.4 Comparative Health and Medicine
Prognostic framing
21.2 Social Movements
proletariat
4.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Society
public
21.1 Collective Behavior
public healthcare
19.4 Comparative Health and Medicine
Q
qualitative data
2.2 Research Methods
Qualitative sociology
1.2 The History of Sociology
quantitative data
2.2 Research Methods
Quantitative sociology
1.2 The History of Sociology
Queer Theory
12.3 Sex and Sexuality
R
racial profiling
Introduction to Race and Ethnicity
racial steering
11.2 Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
random sample
2.2 Research Methods
rational-legal authority
17.1 Power and Authority
rationalization
4.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Society
real culture
3.2 Elements of Culture
recession
18.1 Economic Systems
reference group
6.1 Types of Groups
Reform movements
21.2 Social Movements
refugee
20.2 Urbanization
Reification
1.1 What Is Sociology?
Relative poverty
10.2 Global Wealth and Poverty
reliability
2.1 Approaches to Sociological Research
religion
Introduction to Religion
Religious beliefs
15.1 The Sociological Approach to Religion
Religious experience
15.1 The Sociological Approach to Religion
Religious rituals
15.1 The Sociological Approach to Religion
Religious/Redemptive movements
21.2 Social Movements
representative democracy
17.2 Forms of Government
Resistance movements
21.2 Social Movements
resocialization
5.4 Socialization Across the Life Course
resource mobilization theory
21.2 Social Movements
Revolutionary movements
21.2 Social Movements
role conflict
4.3 Social Constructions of Reality
Role performance
4.3 Social Constructions of Reality
role strain
4.3 Social Constructions of Reality
role-set
4.3 Social Constructions of Reality
S
sample
2.2 Research Methods
sanction
3.2 Elements of Culture
sanctions
7.1 Deviance and Control
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
3.2 Elements of Culture
Scapegoat theory
11.1 Racial, Ethnic, and Minority Groups
scientific method
Introduction to Sociological Research
second world
10.1 Global Stratification and Classification
secondary aging
13.2 The Process of Aging
Secondary deviance
7.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Deviance
secondary groups
6.1 Types of Groups
sect
15.2 World Religions
sedimentation of racial inequality
11.2 Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
Segregation
11.4 Intergroup Relationships
selective optimization with compensation theory
13.4 Theoretical Perspectives on Aging
self-fulfilling prophecy
4.3 Social Constructions of Reality
self-report study
7.3 Crime and the Law
Semi-peripheral nations
10.1 Global Stratification and Classification
senescence
13.3 Challenges Facing the Elderly
sex ratio
20.1 Demography and Population
Sexism
12.2 Gender
sexual orientation
12.1 Sex and Gender
Sexuality
12.3 Sex and Sexuality
shaken-baby syndrome
14.3 Challenges Families Face
significant others,
1.2 The History of Sociology
social change
21.3 Social Change
social construction of race
11.1 Racial, Ethnic, and Minority Groups
social construction of sexuality
12.2 Gender
social disorganization theory
7.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Deviance
Social epidemiology
19.2 Global Health
Social gerontology
13.1 Who Are the Elderly? Aging in Society
social institutions,
1.3 Theoretical Perspectives
social integration
4.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Society
Social mobility
9.2 Social Stratification and Mobility in the United States
social movement industry
21.2 Social Movements
Social movements
21.2 Social Movements
social order
7.1 Deviance and Control
social placement
16.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Education
social solidarity
1.3 Theoretical Perspectives
Social stratification
9.1 What Is Social Stratification?
Socialism
18.1 Economic Systems
Socialization
Introduction to Socialization
socialized medicine
19.4 Comparative Health and Medicine
sociological imagination
1.1 What Is Sociology?
Sociology
1.1 What Is Sociology?
standard of living
9.2 Social Stratification and Mobility in the United States
status consistency
9.1 What Is Social Stratification?
stereotype interchangeability
19.3 Health in the United States
Stereotypes
11.2 Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
Stigmatization
19.3 Health in the United States
stigmatization of illness
19.1 The Social Construction of Health
strain theory
7.2 Theoretical Perspectives on Deviance
street crime
7.3 Crime and the Law
Structural mobility
9.2 Social Stratification and Mobility in the United States
structural unemployment
18.3 Work in the United States
subculture of aging theory
13.4 Theoretical Perspectives on Aging
Subjective poverty
10.2 Global Wealth and Poverty
subordinate group
11.1 Racial, Ethnic, and Minority Groups
subsistence farming
18.1 Economic Systems
Suburbs
20.2 Urbanization
Supercentenarians
Introduction to Aging and the Elderly
survey
2.2 Research Methods
sustainable development
20.2 Urbanization
Symbolic interactionism
1.3 Theoretical Perspectives
Symbols
3.2 Elements of Culture
T
technological diffusion
8.3 Global Implications of Media and Technology
technological globalization
8.3 Global Implications of Media and Technology
technology
8.1 Technology Today
technophiles
8.4 Theoretical Perspectives on Media and Technology
thanatology
13.2 The Process of Aging
theory
1.3 Theoretical Perspectives
third world
10.1 Global Stratification and Classification
Thomas theorem
4.3 Social Constructions of Reality
total institutions
6.3 Formal Organizations
totalitarian dictatorship
17.2 Forms of Government
traditional authority
17.1 Power and Authority
transgender
12.1 Sex and Gender
U
underemployment
18.3 Work in the United States
underground economy
10.2 Global Wealth and Poverty
underinsured
19.4 Comparative Health and Medicine
Unilateral descent
14.1 What Is Marriage? What Is a Family?
universal access
16.1 Education around the World
universal healthcare
19.4 Comparative Health and Medicine
Upward mobility
9.2 Social Stratification and Mobility in the United States
urban sociology
20.2 Urbanization
Urbanization
20.2 Urbanization
utilitarian organizations
6.3 Formal Organizations
Utility patents
8.2 Media and Technology in Society
V
value neutrality
2.3 Ethical Concerns
value-added theory
21.1 Collective Behavior
Values
3.2 Elements of Culture
verstehen
1.2 The History of Sociology
victimless crime
7.3 Crime and the Law
Violent crimes
7.3 Crime and the Law
voluntary organizations
6.3 Formal Organizations
Z
zero population growth
20.1 Demography and Population