Lecture 9

Question 1

What are Socio-Cultural Factors?

Answer 1

Combination of social and cultural factors as they relate to the different groups of people in society and their beliefs, habits and traditions

Question 2

What is a Society?

Answer 2

A collection of people living in a defined geographical territory
- united by political system & shared sense of self-identification that distinguishes them from others

Question 3

What are some examples of Socio-Cultural Factors?

Answer 3

gender identity,
sexuality, sex
ethnicity, race, religion
ability/disability
economic status, wealth distribution, education

Question 4

Define Socio-cultural identity

Answer 4

How individuals engagement with texts is influenced by their investments in activities & their social & cultural identities

Question 5

INTERSECTIONALITY

Answer 5

Provides a lens to understand individuals’ multiple social identities and how these identities interact to shape experiences in specific contexts

Question 6

STIGMA

Answer 6

Shame or inferior status that people consciously or unconsciously ascribe to others they perceive as “different”

Question 7

Ableism

Answer 7

Expecting people with disabilities to always adjust to a world that doesn’t take their needs
into account