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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.
In sociology, sociological theories are statements of how and why particular facts about the social world are related. They range in scope from concise descriptions of a single social process to paradigms for analysis and interpretation.rominent sociological theorists include Talcott Parsons, Robert K. Merton, Randall Collins, James Samuel Coleman, Peter Blau, Marshal McLuhan, Immanuel Wallerstein, George Homans, Harrison White, Theda Skocpol, Gerhard Lenski, Pierre van den Berghe and Jonathan H. Turner.