that control ion channel function: activation, which controls the rate and. voltage dependence of the permeability increase following depolarization, and. inactivation, which controls the rate and voltage dependence of the subsequent. return of the ion permeability to the resting level during a maintained depoÂ­.
Key Sociological Terms. Some of the key terms and ideas that are fundamental to the field of sociology; a selection of terms curated from our site glossary. 1  Acculturation. 2  Agency. 3  Alienation. 4  Anomie. 5  Backstage and Frontstage.6  Base and Superstructure. 7  Capital. 8  Capitalism.ome of the key terms and ideas that are fundamental to the field of sociology; a selection of terms curated from our site glossary. 1  Acculturation. 2  Agency. 3  Alienation. 4  Anomie. 5  Backstage and Frontstage. 6  Base and Superstructure.
As discussed in later chapters, sociologists break the study of society down into four separate levels of analysis: micro, meso, macro, and global. The basic distinction, however, is between micro-sociology and macro-sociology. The study of cultural rules of politeness in conversation is an example of micro-sociology.