Sociology

The most commonly understood form of assimilation is that of cultural assimilation.

From The Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology
Treated generically, this term refers to behavior that is carried out by some sort of collective rather than by an individual.

From The Social Science Jargon-Buster
The alteration, adaptation, modification or transformation of social structures, social institutions, socio-cultural characteristics, social relations or socio-political ideology.

Individuals united by a common purpose who act collectively to promote or resist political or social change.

Conflict theory in sociology emphasizes struggles over resources and the formation of groups and social cleavages that may lead to organized conflict.

Behaviour or action that is punishable by criminal law. A crime is a public, as opposed to a moral, wrong; it is an offence committed against (and hence punishable by) the state or the community at large. Many crimes are immoral, but not all actions considered immoral are illegal.

In its most restricted form [ethnicity] refers to a group’s shared biological origins; in its broader definition it more closely resembles the concept of nationality.

The notion of gender can be understood to be referring to the cultural assumptions and practices that govern the social construction of men, women and their social relations.

A political system through which a body of people is administered and regulated.

Set of ideas, beliefs, and opinions about the nature of people and society, providing a framework for a theory about how people should live, as well as how society is or should be organized. A nation's ideology is usually reflected in the political system it creates.

In everyday language, class refers to social groupings based on similar occupational conditions that have the same access to economic, social, and political resources.

Social inequality is used to describe the varying levels of group and individual access to resources and power in a given society.

Or public charity, organized provision of educational, cultural, medical, and financial assistance to the needy....

Scientific study of human social behavior. As the study of humans in their collective aspect, sociology is concerned with all group activities—economic, social, political, and religious.

Although human social behavior has been studied since antiquity, the modern social sciences as disciplines rooted in the scientific method date only from the 18th cent. Enlightenment.

From Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology
The systematic reflection on the nature of society and social relationships, social theory is intimately tied to the fate of sociology as a discipline concerned with the empirical study of social life.

The study of humankind. It investigates the cultural, social, and physical diversity of the human species, both past and present.

Study of how human beings allocate scarce resources to produce various commodities and how those commodities are distributed for consumption among the people in society.

Political science studies the distribution of power in different polities; the sources of power; how, when, and by whom it is exercised; as well as who gains and who loses in power struggles.

Science or study of the thought processes and behavior of humans and other animals in their interaction with the environment. Psychologists study processes of sense perception, thinking, learning, cognition, emotions and motivations, personality, abnormal behavior, interactions between individuals, and interactions with the environment.

The primary goal of social studies curriculum is to equip students with the knowledge and skills to become active participants in society.