culture

Question 1

Culture

Answer 1

The way of life in a particular society

Question 2

Material Culture

Answer 2

Physical things that people create and attach meaning to

Question 3

Non-material Culture

Answer 3

Ideas that people share

Question 4

Tradition

Answer 4

A particular belief or behaviour that forms the way of life in a particular society, with specific symbolic meaning or significance to the past

Question 5

Cultural Transmission

Answer 5

Passing on culture between different members of society to the next generation

Question 6

Social Construction

Answer 6

How people define concepts and social rules

Question 7

Collectivist Culture

Answer 7

Belonging to a particular group as more important that personal freedom

Question 8

Individualistic Culture

Answer 8

Emphasises individual freedom and personal gain, sometimes at the expense of others

Question 9

Cultural Diversity

Answer 9

Cultures vary across the world and change over time

Question 10

Norms

Answer 10

Expected ways of behaving in a particular situation

Question 11

Social Control

Answer 11

Written and unwritten rules that we follow

Question 12

Formal Control

Answer 12

Written rules and laws

Question 13

Informal Control

Answer 13

Expected ways of behaving

Question 14

Mores

Answer 14

Ways of behaving that are seen as good and moral

Question 15

Values

Answer 15

Beliefs that a society promotes and follows

Question 16

Roles

Answer 16

Expected behaviours for any situation that we may find ourselves in

Question 17

Role Conflict

Answer 17

Struggle between our expected behaviours in different situations

Question 18

Status

Answer 18

A person’s standing or position in society

Question 19

Ascribed Status

Answer 19

Position you are born into

Question 20

Achieved Status

Answer 20

Position you earn

Question 21

Social Change

Answer 21

The changing nature of society over time

Question 22

Nature

Answer 22

People are influenced by genetics and they inherit characteristics

Question 23

Nurture

Answer 23

People are influenced by their upbringing and they learn their behaviour

Question 24

Imitation

Answer 24

Copying behaviour

Question 25

Role Model

Answer 25

Someone you look up to and want to be like

Question 26

Primary Socialisation

Answer 26

Child learns from immediate family

Question 27

Secondary Socialisation

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Child learns from wider society

Question 28

Tertiary Socialisation

Answer 28

Adult socialisation, adapting to new situations

Question 29

Agency of Socialisation

Answer 29

A social group that passes on culture, norms, and values

Question 30

Habitus

Answer 30

Social situation in which we feel most comfortable

Question 31

Formal Socialisation

Answer 31

Deliberate training of people to follow rules

Question 32

Informal Socialisation

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Unwritten rules like norms

Question 33

Sanctions

Answer 33

The response we get from others - reward or punishment

Question 34

Expectations

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A preconceived idea about a person or group should behave

Question 35

Identify

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A sense of who you are, relationships to other people, and your place in society

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Primary Identity

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Our sense of self

Question 37

Secondary Identity

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The role you play in society

Question 38

National Identity

Answer 38

Sense of nation as a cohesive whole, represented by traditions, culture, language

Question 39

Extreme Nationalism

Answer 39

Extreme pride for your country and willing to do anything for your country to keep its pride