Socialisation

Question 1

What is Socialisation?

Answer 1

The process by which someone learns the culture of a society

Question 2

How long does socialisation last for?

Answer 2

Your whole life

Question 3

What are the 2 stages of socialisation called?

Answer 3

Primary and Secondary Socialisation

Question 4

What is the only Primary Agent of socialisation?

Answer 4

Family

Question 5

What are all of the secondary agents of socialisation?

Answer 5

Peers, Religion, Education, Media, Work

Question 6

What happens in Primary Socialisation?

Answer 6

Children learn norms and values from their parents

Question 7

What happens in Secondary Socialisation?

Answer 7

Norms and values are learnt through external factors of life that provide ideas to you

Question 8

What are Gender Roles?

Answer 8

The characteristics that boys and girls are socialised in to appropriately

Question 9

What are the Western ideas of male characteristics?

Answer 9

Leadership, Control, Active, Unemotional

Question 10

What are the Western ideas of female characteristics?

Answer 10

Physical dependency, weakness, lack of control, caring

Question 11

What is Gender Role socialisation?

Answer 11

The process through which boys and girls learn the norms and values of their gender

Question 12

What does the media do as a disadvantage to young women?

Answer 12

The media creates the supposed ‘perfect’ body image leaving young girls feeling imperfect

Question 13

What is the ‘beauty myth’ ?

Answer 13

The idea that a woman must look thin and youthful

Question 14

How do families do Gender role socialisation? (Use a keyword)

Answer 14

Canalisation

Question 15

What is Canalisation?

Answer 15

The process where parents give children toys that are the norm for their gender

Question 16

What are boys and girls toys likely to be?

Answer 16

For boys it will be more active toys. For girls it will be beauty and cooking toys

Question 17

What are verbal appellations?

Answer 17

Speaking to children in a way that enforces their gender roles?

Question 18

Name 2 verbal appellations - one for each gender

Answer 18

‘Brave boy’ for boy
‘Pretty girl’ for girl

Question 19

What role does a husband have in a marriage?

Answer 19

Breadwinner

Question 20

What role does a wife have in a marriage?

Answer 20

The role of looking after everyone

Question 21

What are 3 key processes of socialisation?

Answer 21

Imitation and Role Models
Rewards and Sanctions
Formal and Informal Social Control

Question 22

What is the Imitation and Role Models process?

Answer 22

Role model is someone who an individual looks up to so they imitate their behaviour

Question 23

What is the Rewards and Sanctions process?

Answer 23

Reward is a positive outcome for a desired behaviour. A sanction is a negative outcome which stops a behaviour

Question 24

What is the Formal and Informal Social Control Process?

Answer 24

Formal social control is the use of clear laws to stop illegal things. Informal social control is unwritten rules to manage behaviour

Question 25

What is the nature/nurture debate?

Answer 25

The debate as to whether behaviour is inherited or is learnt

Question 26

Which group of people is on the nature side of the debate?

Answer 26

Biologists

Question 27

Which group of people is on the nurture side of the debate?

Answer 27

Sociologists

Question 28

What is an example that could support the nature side of the debate?

Answer 28

Feral children