Social Class Identities

Question 1

Sociologist:
The upper class practises social closure (eg. exclusive events, marrying upper class, the old boy network)

Answer 1

Scott

Question 2

Sociologist:
Occupation influences class identity a great deal and is often the first indicator of class. 'them and us'

Answer 2

Macintosh and Mooney

Question 3

Sociologist:

Private school girls maintained self-esteem by devaluing the status and achievements of the state-educated.

Answer 3

Kenway

Question 4

Sociologist:
The middle class have a child-centric family dynamic.

Answer 4

King and Raynor

Question 5

Sociologist:
3 types of capital:
- social 
-cultural 
-economic

Answer 5

Bourdieu

Question 6

Sociologist:
'Hidden Curriculum' (eg. expectations of behaviour, language and morals) benefits middle class children and puts working class children at a disadvantage.

Answer 6

Bourdieu

Question 7

Sociologist:
Middle class mothers now value peer approval over hegemonic (traditional) values.
‘Yummy Mummy’

Answer 7

Goodwin

Question 8

Sociologist:
The middle class have the highest disposable income and participate in 'conspicuous consumption' (buying goods to display wealth or form an identity)

Answer 8

Saunders

Question 9

Sociologist:
The middle class is a 'contradictory class' in which they feel both superior to the working class and inferior to the upper class.

Answer 9

Wright

Question 10

Sociologist:
Working class boys in the 70s developed an anti-school culture as they would ultimately follow in their fathers' footsteps and enter manual labour jobs.

Answer 10

Willis

Question 11

Sociologist:
Crisis of masculinity and class identity after deindustrialisation made many manual labour jobs redundant.

Answer 11

Mac an Ghail

Question 12

Sociologist:
Education maintains ruling class values disguised as common values and encourages working class children to become obedient workers.

Answer 12

Bowles and Gintis

Question 13

Sociologist:
The cultural capital of the upper class influences the school curriculum and puts working class children at a disadvantage.

Answer 13

Bourdieu

Question 14

Sociologist
The working class has less access to the internet and mainly consume entertainment as opposed to the upper classes who use the internet mainly for informational purposes.

Answer 14

Mertens and D’haenens