Influence of socialisation on identity Flashcards
Personal identity
How you view yourself
Social identity
How society views you
Ascribed status
Given to a person/they already have (gender / race)
Achieved status
Earned (knighthood / qualifications)
Gender
The state of being either male or female
Sex
Either 2 of the main categories (divided by reproductive functions)
Anne Oakley - Canalisation
The ‘channeling of children towards activities normal for their sex
Anne Oakley - Manipulation
Encouragement of behaviour that is normal for a child / discouragement of abnormal activities for their sex
Anne Oakley - Verbal appellations
Using different words / phrases for different genders
eg: good girl / atrocious boy
Anne Oakley - Different activities
Promoting different activities between boys and girls
eg: girls dance / boys play football
Social class
A division based on social / economic status
Categories of class
- Upper
- Middle
- Lower
- Under
Poverty porn
Any type of media which exploits the poor to generate sympathy for selling newspapers / sales of programme
Owen Jones - Chavs
Explores how the working class become scapegoats for what’s wrong with Britain
Paul Willis - Education
Attempts to explore why working class children get working class jobs
Hybridity
When a society becomes more ethnically diverse and other cultures can influence one another
Functionalist
Culture is learned through socialisation
Marxists
Believe there is no value consensus
Postemodern
Create their own identities
Ethnicity
Shared culture / way of life (language, religion)
Race
Signify different types of human bodies (similar skin colour)
Christian
Charity work, fair-trade, Sunday church
Muslim
Clothing covering head, food choices
Rastafarian
Use of certain drugs / colour during worship
National identity
Represented by distinctive traditions, culture, language
Extreme nationalism
Having extreme pride for your country / willing to do anything (against change)
Civic nationalism
Belonging to a nation as a citizen regardless of class, gender or ethnicity
How are people socialised into their national identity?
Family = Parents are role models Media = Hypodermic syringe / drip-drip effect
