Keywords

Question 1

What is meant by agents of socialisation

Answer 1

Is the process through which individuals acquire culture to assimilate into society. These include ,family ,schools ,media and peer groups

Question 2

What is meant by cultural diversity

Answer 2

The existence of a variety of cultural or ethic groups within a society.

Question 3

What is meant culture

Answer 3

Is a way of living and life passed down from generation to generation

Question 4

What is meant by hidden curriculum

Answer 4

This refers to the secondary socialisation passed on throughout the day .e.g. time keeping routines, dress codes.

Question 5

What is meant by formal curriculum

Answer 5

Schools teach the formal curriculum as set out by the government in the national curriculum. Introduced- education reform act of 1988.e.g. Maths, English and science

Question 6

What is meant by identity

Answer 6

Ethic through speaking, food, traditions
Education- clever or not
Class identity- e.g working class on benefits

Question 7

Nature vs Nurture

Answer 7

Nature
Our genetics determine our behaviour
Our behaviour personality traits and abilities are in our “nature”.

Nurture
Our environment. Upbringing, and life experiences determine our behaviour. We are “nurtured” to behave in certain ways

Question 8

What is meant by norms

Answer 8

Unwritten rules that guide our behaviour

Question 9

What is meant by peer pressure

Answer 9

Is influence that’s a peer group exterts to encourage change on someone e.g. attitudes, values or behaviour

Question 10

What is meant by role models

Answer 10

A person looked to by others as an example to be imitated

Question 11

What is meant by roles

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Roles are the parts we play in our daily lives. Some people have more than one role e.g. a women can be a wife and mother and also hold responsibility in a career.

Question 12

What is meant by sanctions

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Reactions, to encourage or discourage behaviours e.g. rewards for getting 10/10 on a test, detention for not doing the work

Question 13

What is meant by social control

Answer 13

Refers to the process where by society tries to ensure its members follow the norms, values and laws , through socialisation and the use of sanctions

Question 14

What is socialisation

Answer 14

Primary - first stage of socialisation within the family. Gets taught norms, values, skills to function.
How to behave

Secondary- new situations such as starting school, joining clubs. Peer groups

Question 15

What is socially constructed status

Answer 15

An idea that has been accepted by the people in a society class distinctions are a social construct

Question 16

What is meant by values

Answer 16

Indicated what we consider important in our society acquiring wealth is more important as well as freedom and respect for others

Question 17

What is meant by ethical considerations

Answer 17

Are the things that must be considered before any research is carried out 
Anonymity 
Confidentiality 
Informed consent 
Safety

Question 18

What is an interview

Answer 18

Ask questions and respondents answer
They can be structured (pre-set questions).
They can be unstructured (questions guide the interview but the respondent can talk freely).

Question 19

What is observation

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Watching social life as it happens e.g. classroom, workplace, street
They can be overt (the respondents know your there and why)
Covert (the respondents are not aware your there or why)
They can be participant (taking part) or non-participant (simply watching)

Question 20

What’s a questionnaire

Answer 20

Mainly quantitative data useful for collecting large amounts of data , most effective
People fill them out themselves
Can be open or closed

Question 21

What is quantitative data

Answer 21

Methods are those which focus on numbers and frequencies rather than on meaning and experience
Example - questionnaires

Question 22

What is qualitative data

Answer 22

Ways of collecting data which are concerned with describing meaning
Example- case studies and interviews

Question 23

What is meant by reliability

Answer 23

Refers to consistency of results over time

Question 24

What is meant by representative

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Refers to the chosen sample being a representative sample.

This is a smaller group

Question 25

What is meant by a sample

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Is a subset of the population being studied , it represents the larger population

Question 26

What is meant by validity

Answer 26

Is the degree to which an instrument, such as survey question

Question 27

What is meant by society

Answer 27

People who interact in such a way as to share a common culture

Question 28

What is meant by sub-culture

Answer 28

What Eva culture within a broader mainstream culture, with its own separate values , practices and beliefs

Question 29

What is meant by pilot study

Answer 29

This is a trail run of your research with a smaller section of your sample. It’s ensures questions are fully understood