RD Flashcards
Values plus example
Beliefs and ideas the majority accept in society eg helping an elderly person cross the street
Chapman?
Children are given stereotypical chores to teach common behaviours for that gender
Williams?
Parents bought their children stereotypical toys to teach them what they should buy for their gender
Phoenix?
Boys who work hard are seen as feminine by their peers
Alpert ?
Religion gives discipline in today’s society and is accepted by the majority of society
Socialisation plus how
The process by which we learn about the way of life and the norms/values of our society
Agents of socialisation
The institutions which socialise us
Parsons?
The function of the family is to socialise the young
Primary socialisation
During the early years of life their first experiences of socialisation
Song?
Many Chinese are employed in the catering industry this shows family and workplace socialise together
Secondary socialisation
From school age onwards and increasing number of influences socialise us
Mac an Ghail?
Macho lads- peer pressure (join group)
McRobbie and Garber?
Bedroom culture of teenage girls- role models
Family
It tends to be people you live with but there are lots of different types of family e.g. nuclear family reconstituted
Media?
A means of communication which includes Tv, radio and magazines
Evidence for media socialisation
Media violence, Direct effect, hypodermic syringe, desensitisation
Religion?
Set of moral guidelines people follow it involves faith and some higher power
Alpert?
Four functions of religion these are. Discipline, authority, collective ceremonies, Cohesion
Home and bowlker
In all the major world religions women are usually subordinate leading to women only religious organisations have been developed e.g. nuns
Peer group
Group of friends who tend to be of similar age
McRobbie and Garber
Bedroom culture of teenage girls, Jackie magazines
Education
Process by which people are taught curriculum to prepare them for workplace. There are two types hidden and formal curriculum
Formal curriculum?
The written rules and content
Troyna et al
Curriculum in British schools is ethnocentric as it gives priority to white culture and the English language
Hatcher?
That education system in the Uk does not encourage working-class success, the experience of the working class and middle class children is very different
Hidden curriculum
How people interact with peers
Mac an Ghail?
Identifies a number of school subcultures eg macho lads
Rosenthal et al
Children picked randomly and teachers were told they were spurters. They were found to do better which shows teacher labelling effects how you do
Workplace
The Career people have after education
Mac an Ghail?
Crisis of masculinity as women take on traditionally male jobs
Formal social control
Written rules or codes of conduct is normally associated with the formal agents of socialisation e.g. school
Formal agencies of social control: family, peer group and media
Skelton and Francis?
skelton and Francis found that children stuck to certain areas of the playground depending on their friendship group
Informal social control
Expectations without written rules normally associated with the family peers and media
informal agencies including family peer group and media
Nature?
Behaviour is caused by biological factors e.g. genetics
Nurture
Behaviour is caused by environmental factors, the way we are bought up eg. Socialisation
David Reimer
Supports the concept of nature- Reimer was born as a male but after failed circumcision his penis was burnt off and so his parents decided to raise him as a girl. Even though they tried to nurture him as a girl they couldn’t reverse his nature
Genie?
Supports the concept of nurture. Genie was not nurtured properly as was strapped to a potty chair for most of the day and was shouted at when she spoke. After a prolonged time she suffered from negative consequences such as never forming grammar in her speech and couldn’t walk properly
Norms plus example
The expected behaviour to be shown eg joining the back of the queue
