socialisation, culture, indentity (paper 1)

Question 1

culture

Answer 1

shared beliefs, norms and values

Question 2

blates and plogg 1990

Answer 2

“a way of life for a particular society”
- beliefs, values, customs, behaviours, artefacts

Question 3

cultural relativity

Answer 3

the view that all beliefs, customs and ethics are relative to the individual within their own social context

Question 4

cultural diversity

Answer 4

the differences and variety found in society

Question 5

cultural hybridity

Answer 5

merging of different cultures

Question 6

intercultural diversity

Question 7

intracultural diversity

Question 8

subculture

Answer 8

• a culture enjoyed by a small group within a society
• subcultures have distinct norms and values, which make them a subsection of society eg. youth groups

Question 9

high culture

Answer 9

linked with the elite, upper class in society, families and individuals with an ascribed status position

Question 10

popular culture

Answer 10

-activities enjoyed but the accessed by the masses
-media are largely responsible for creating popular culture in the uk

Question 11

consumer culture

Answer 11

-things we consume and use in society
-based on cultural and economic factors

Question 12

global culture

Answer 12

-globalisation is the process by whuch events in one part of the world come to influence what happens elsewhere in the world

Question 13

characteristics on popular culture (3)

Answer 13

-constantly changing
-based mainly in urban areas
-based in large groups of people

Question 14

characteristics in global culture (3)

Answer 14

-increasing connections between various parts of the world
-global availability of cultural products eg. kfc, curry
- access to diversity of cultural products eg. food,music

Question 15

characteristics of subculture (3)

Answer 15

-based around ethnicity, social class of age
-functionalist perspective
-people select norms,values and lifestyles

Question 16

characteristics of consumer culture (3)

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-culture that is produced for mass consumption
-consumers: seen as passive and easily manipulated
-m/c exploit w/c as media represent capitalist systems as normal

Question 17

high culture characteristics (3)

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-the tastes of the wealthy or educated
-to understand high culture requires access to a particular kind of education
-m/c: seen as more intellectual

Question 18

low culture

Answer 18

seen as an inferior counterpart of high culture

Question 19

examples of low culture

Answer 19

pop music and football hooligans

Question 20

what did albert cohen (functional subcultural functionalist) believe about the w/c

Answer 20

w/c youths were most likely to participate in low cultural activities, and most likely to commit crime

Question 21

what did pierre bourdieu believe

Answer 21

the m/c achieved in education due to their economic and cultural advantage. the curriculum is more familiar to m/c children