sociology 101 UBC final Questions And Answers Rated A+

abortion - the deliberate termination of a pregnancy absolute poverty - a lack of resources that is life-threatening achieved status - a social position a person takes on voluntarily that reflects personal ability and effort ageism - prejudice and discrimination based on a person's age agriculture - large-scale cultivation using plows harnessed to animals or more powerful energy sources alienation - the experience of isolation and misery resulting from powerlessness animism - the belief that elements of the natural world are conscious life forms that affect humanity anomie - Durkheim's term for a condition in which society provides little moral guidance to individuals. Results in a feeling of disconnect from ones society anticipatory socialization - learning that helps a person achieve a desired position ascribed status - a social position a person receives at birth or takes on involuntarily later in life asexuality - a lack of sexual attraction to people of either sex assimilation - the process by which minorities gradually adopt patterns of the dominant culture