External factors on social class

Question 1

Material Factors

Answer 1

material deprivation (the inability to afford basic resources, such as adequate housing, food and heating)

Question 2

Cultural Factors

Answer 2

cultural deprivation (deficiencies in home and family backgrounds, such as inadequate socialisation, inadequate language skills and inappropriate attitudes/values)

Question 3

Cultural Capital

Answer 3

working class students do not have the same experiences as the middle class, such as going to museums, going on holidays, watching documentaries and so on

Question 4

Bernstein

Answer 4

language code refers to the concept of elaborated and restricted codes of communication

Question 5

Gerwitz et al

Answer 5

middle class parents had more effective choice of schools because of their higher levels of cultural, social and material capital