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Society
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| 185050338 | Social Structure | any relatively stable pattern of social behavior | 0 | |
| 185050339 | Social Mobility | The ability of individuals to move from one social standing to another. Social standing is based on degrees of wealth, prestige, education and power. | 1 | |
| 185050340 | Social Classes | group of people who hold similar positions in society, share similar wealth and receive similar respect from other members of society | 2 | |
| 185050341 | Gender Roles | roles assigned by society to people of each gender | 3 | |
| 185050342 | Matrilineal Descent | unilineal descent rule in which people join the mother's group automatically at birth and stay members throughout life | 4 | |
| 185050343 | Patrilineal Descent | descent traced exclusively through the male line to establish group membership | 5 | |
| 185050344 | Matriarchy | a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line | 6 | |
| 185050345 | Patriarchy | a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line | 7 | |
| 185050346 | Nuclear family | a family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partner | 8 | |
| 185050347 | Extended Family | a family consisting of the nuclear family and their blood relatives | 9 | |
| 185050348 | Urbanization | the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban | 10 | |
| 185050349 | Ideology | an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation | 11 |