CULTURE IDENTITY SOCIALIZATION

Question 1

what are the 2 types of culture?

Answer 1

1) in everyday speech it refers to things like literature + music + art

2) al;so refers to things such as media + fashion + advertising –> also called popular culture

Question 2

who proposed and what was the proposed arguement that children lwarn the social expectations that go with their sex roles?

Answer 2

ANN OKALEY
1) CANNALISATION
2) MANIPULATION
3) VERBAL APPELATIONS
4) THROUGH DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES

Question 3

mention the 5 human culture elements

Answer 3

1) symbols
2) beleifs
3) norms
4) values
5) language

Question 4

mention some types of informal social control

Answer 4

scarcasim
riddicule
shame
critisizm

Question 5

what does OSTRASIZM MEAN and where is it found?

Answer 5

ostracisim is a common form of informal social
- found in peer groups of young ppl
means –> when an induciduial is exluded from a group or comunity + made aware that they are not welcome

Question 6

what is the difference between values and beleifs?

Answer 6

vlaues are–> standards of what is considered right and wrong –> and acts as a guide for what ppl should think+ beleive and act

BELEIFS –> are statements that ppl hold to be true

they both act as guidlines for how ppl should behave but differ in how SPECIFIC + GENERAL they are
values derive beleifs

Question 7

What does cannalization mean?

Answer 7

children channelized towards activities that are –> considered appropriate for them (eg bec of gender

Question 8

what does manipulation mean?

Answer 8

how parents + others encourage some behavior
and discourage other behavior

Question 9

osrtasizm is also called—–

Answer 9

social rejection

Question 12

why is every aspect of human life infuenced by culture?

Answer 12

bec we conciously + unconciously refer to our society or social group for guidlines on how to behave + how to think

Question 13

what can the formal social control agencies enforce?

Answer 13

can impose wide range of formal sanctions such as
- improsionment
- fines

Question 14

Agencies of social control are also _______

Answer 14

agencies of socialization

Question 15

why do ppl conform to norms?

Answer 15

bec through socialization –> they have internalized the norms +vlaues of thier culture

Question 16

Whar are symbols and language?

Answer 16

sy,mbols–> are anything that carry part. meaning + are recognized by ppl WHO SHARE SAME CULTURE

language–> are A system of symbols –> with sounds + words that carry meaning and allow ppl to communicqte w one another

Question 21

what does social conformity mean?

Answer 21

acting in accordance w the norms + social expectations

Question 23

elaborate informal social control?

Answer 23

it is exercized by induvidualist groups who donot have nay official power to do so

Question 24

which social constructions influence human behavior?

Answer 24

culture, norms, values, roles and beliefs

Question 25

what does the term social construction mean?

Answer 25

the idea that SOCIAL SITUATIONS + events are consructed --> made by societies they do not exist in NATURE as independant things

Question 27

what are sanctions?

Answer 27

rewards and punishments for conforming and not comforming to the norms and values of society

Question 29

what are the types of norms?

Answer 29

1) FOLKWAYS--> norms of routine and are related to causual social interaction - matter of personal choice 2) MORES --> deals with morality such as conduct of right and wrong 3) CUSTOMS --> Norms that are widely accepted + continue over time

Question 32

what are the 2 agencies of formal social control

Answer 32

1) the police 2) the criminal justice service

Question 33

how many elements does human culture have?

Answer 33

5

Question 34

how is childhood socially consructed

Answer 34

children are physcially immature ppl and that is biological but way they are treeated + thought of + expected to behave --> VARY BTW CLTURES And DIFF TIME PERIODS

Question 35

What does the term culture mean?

Answer 35

the way of life od a soceity

Question 36

who can implment formal social control?

Answer 36

those who have authority in that situation