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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.
1 Sociology is the study of group behavior and human societies, with emphasis on the structures of societies and the processes of social influence. 2  Includes all organizational behavior. 3  Psychology is the study of the underlying psychological processes that make all behaviors and experiences possible.his type leans toward sociology. One offshoot of this perspective is the Personality and Social Structure Perspective, which emphasizes the links between individual personality and identity, and how it relates to social structures. Sociological social psychologists tend to publish in Social Psychology Quarterly.