Individuals who are shaped by their society and culture

The way in which things stay the same or become different

The process where companies operate across national borders, products and companies become internationally recognisable and cultures increasingly homogenise.

Research that gives results in numerical data, tables, graphs and diagrams

The broarder world beyond your immediate community e.g your country, the media, the government

The physical, social or psychological setting of a society

Tools that make tasks easier, enhancing natural ability of persons to perform those tasks

The process whereby the means of production are based in mass production using developing technology (e.g. factories)

Research that gives results in descriptive prose, quotations and summaries

The immediate world of family, peers, school and work

The values, arts, technology, laws and beliefs that bind a society together

The socially constructed differences between men and women

The way a country adopts the values common in major western countries such as the USA or UK

Research that has received permission from participants, maintains confidentiality and avoids prejudices and risks

The experiences you have in your life as you grow and develop as a human being that are unique to you

The way people organise themselves

The capacity to influence others to follow a course of action of point of view they would not otherwise follow

The process of social change, often linked to westernisation and industralisation

When research is affected by the personal views and prejudices of the researcher

The collection of knowledge assembled through research and analysis of a wide range experiences; knowledge that is learned from consulting a source

A constant in all societies and cultures that is measured in terms of past, present and future

The legitimate use of influence and or persuasion, that gives someone the accepted right to make decisions

An organisation or the established way of doing something

Beginning with a research question, developing a plan, collecting data using methodologies, interpreting data and communicating research findings

Examining a topic from a perspective other than your own; can often be a comparison of two perspectives for the same study