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Glossary of key terms and concepts which candidates should be familiar with for
GCSE Sociology Paper 2, as recommended in Section 3 of the AQA
Specification. These are in addition to those stated in the subject content:

Topic 1 Crime and Deviance

Agents/agencies of social control
Anomie
Antisocial behaviour
Chivalry thesis
Community service
Computer crime
Conformity
Corporate crime
Crime rate
Dark figure
Data protection
Deviance
Formal and informal social control
Identity theft
Indictable offence
Judiciary
Labelling theory
Master status
Official crime statistics
Probation
Recorded crime
Relative deprivation
Scapegoat
Self-report studies
Social control/sanctions
Social construct
Socially defined behaviour
Social order
Stereotype
Sub-culture
Surveillance
Victim surveys
White collar crime
Topic 2 Mass Media

Agenda-setting
Amplification
Audience
Bias
Blog
Broadsheet
Censorship
Content analysis
Convergence
Desensitised
Digital media
Folk devils
Freedom of speech
Gatekeeper
Globalisation
Hyper reality
Hypodermic syringe model
Identity
Image
Interactivity
Mass popular culture
Moral panic
News value
Old/new media
Pluralism
Popular press
Propaganda
Postmodern society
Readership
Semiology
Social networking
Spin doctor
Stigmatising
Substitute hearth
Tabloid
Topic 3 Power

Alienated
Aristocracy
Charismatic authority
Citizen
Class alignment/de-alignment
Coercion
Conservatives
Constituency
Democracy
Dictatorship
Direct action
Discrimination
Elections and electoral reform
Electorate
Elite
Ideology
Left and right wing
Legal rational authority
Legislative process
Member of Parliament
Monarchy
Nation state
Neo-liberalism
New social movements
Political party
Political socialisation
Privatisation
Pressure group
Prime Minister
Socialism
Trade unions
Traditional authority
Topic 4 Social Inequality

Absolute poverty
Achieved status
Ageism
Ascribed status
Asylum seeker
Culture of poverty
Cycle of deprivation
Dependency culture
Environmental poverty
Ethnic diversity
Ethnic group
Ethnic minority
Glass ceiling
Income
Institutional racism
Life chances
Means testing
Middle class
Patriarchy
Poverty trap
Racial discrimination
Racial equality
Racial prejudice
Racism
Relative poverty
Scapegoat
Selective benefits
Sex discrimination
Sexism
Social exclusion
Social mobility
Social security
Socio-economic class
Social stratification
Stereotype
Subjective poverty
Underclass
Unemployment
Universal benefits
Voluntary sector
Wealth
Welfare reform

Welfare state
Welfare to work
Working class

NB. Key terms in one topic may be referred to for questions in other areas of the
GCSE Course. Any selection of key terms is of course arbitrary and will often
involve other associated ideas and developments within Sociology. The list
presented here is thus subject to further modification.

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Aqa Glossary2

  • 1. Glossary of key terms and concepts which candidates should be familiar with for GCSE Sociology Paper 2, as recommended in Section 3 of the AQA Specification. These are in addition to those stated in the subject content: Topic 1 Crime and Deviance Agents/agencies of social control Anomie Antisocial behaviour Chivalry thesis Community service Computer crime Conformity Corporate crime Crime rate Dark figure Data protection Deviance Formal and informal social control Identity theft Indictable offence Judiciary Labelling theory Master status Official crime statistics Probation Recorded crime Relative deprivation Scapegoat Self-report studies Social control/sanctions Social construct Socially defined behaviour Social order Stereotype Sub-culture Surveillance Victim surveys White collar crime
  • 2. Topic 2 Mass Media Agenda-setting Amplification Audience Bias Blog Broadsheet Censorship Content analysis Convergence Desensitised Digital media Folk devils Freedom of speech Gatekeeper Globalisation Hyper reality Hypodermic syringe model Identity Image Interactivity Mass popular culture Moral panic News value Old/new media Pluralism Popular press Propaganda Postmodern society Readership Semiology Social networking Spin doctor Stigmatising Substitute hearth Tabloid
  • 3. Topic 3 Power Alienated Aristocracy Charismatic authority Citizen Class alignment/de-alignment Coercion Conservatives Constituency Democracy Dictatorship Direct action Discrimination Elections and electoral reform Electorate Elite Ideology Left and right wing Legal rational authority Legislative process Member of Parliament Monarchy Nation state Neo-liberalism New social movements Political party Political socialisation Privatisation Pressure group Prime Minister Socialism Trade unions Traditional authority
  • 4. Topic 4 Social Inequality Absolute poverty Achieved status Ageism Ascribed status Asylum seeker Culture of poverty Cycle of deprivation Dependency culture Environmental poverty Ethnic diversity Ethnic group Ethnic minority Glass ceiling Income Institutional racism Life chances Means testing Middle class Patriarchy Poverty trap Racial discrimination Racial equality Racial prejudice Racism Relative poverty Scapegoat Selective benefits Sex discrimination Sexism Social exclusion Social mobility Social security Socio-economic class Social stratification Stereotype Subjective poverty Underclass Unemployment Universal benefits Voluntary sector
  • 5. Wealth Welfare reform Welfare state Welfare to work Working class NB. Key terms in one topic may be referred to for questions in other areas of the GCSE Course. Any selection of key terms is of course arbitrary and will often involve other associated ideas and developments within Sociology. The list presented here is thus subject to further modification.