Key words Flashcards
Normal and expected behaviour
Norms
Childern who have not experienced primary socialisation
Feral Children
The way of life of a group of people
Culture
The idea that what is normal in one culture would be strange in another
cultural relatively
Social behaviours that can be found in all cultures
cultural universals
a punishment for breaking a law or written rule
Formal sanctions
Punishment for breaking a, informal rule, imposed by people
Informal sanctions
Groups in society that teach us how to behave
Agents of social control
Form of communication that reaches a lot of people at one time
Mass media
something that marks someone out as different from others
Stigma
A small group with different beliefs and norms from those around them
Subculture
One woman - many husbands
Polyandry
Something people and animals do without being taught it
Instinct
Being taught social rules and behaviour by your family
Primary socialisation
Being taught rules and social behaviour by people in the wider world
Secondary socialisation
People are given a label and then treated by others as if it were true
Labelling Theory
Children are controlled into certain behaviours
Canalisation
Children are directed into certain interest
Canalisation
Something that people think is good
approval
Things that are deliberately taught in schools
Formal curriculum
Messages that are passed on unintentionally
Hidden Curriculum
When people learn a new set of rules for a new situation and change their normal way of behaving
Resocialisation
