Sociological Theory Applied To Equal Opportunities Flashcards
society
An organised group of people associated for some specific purpose or with a shared interest
socialisation
a lifelong process where members of society learn its norms, values, ideas, practices and roles in order to take their place in that society
primary socialisation
Refers to the socialisation during the early years of childhood which takes place mainly with the immediate family
- Internalisation – the learning of values or attitudes that are incorporated within yourself
secondary socialisation
- This occurs during later years – teen and adult
- Family is less involved and other ‘agencies’ are set up for socialisation process and begin to exert more influence (peer groups, friends, schools)
gender socialisation
The act of learning to conform to culturally defined gender roles through socialisation
social processes
- social control
- social change
social control
- Social control – a concept that refers to the way in which people’s thoughts, feelings, appearance and behaviour are regulated in social systems
- Institutions can influence us – an established organisation founded for religious, educational, professional or social purpose
- related to sport;
>Behaviour of footballers vs rugby players
>Etiquette in sport
>General participation levels of sport for men and women in specific sports
social change
- Social change occurs when institutions re-adjust to meet ‘new needs’ of groups in society such as women
- Example is leisure centres provide more creches now so females (or males) can participate in sporting activities and have childcare at same place
- Definition of social change – an alteration in the social order of society
- certain ethnic groups such as indians face restrictions on their participation
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campaign to bring about social changes in the way womens participation in sport and physical activity is viewed
what is kick it out
campaign to bring about social change in relation to ethnicity by increasing awareness of racial issues within society
inequality
Social issues – problems that affect many people in society
Inequality – the unfair situation where resources or opportunities are distributed unevenly in society
- Types of inequality
>Gender
>Ethnic or racial
>Economic
causes of inequality - MR MC
- Lack of money/costs of participating
- Lack of confidence/self-esteem
- Lack of role models to aspire to as participants/coaches/leaders of sports organisations in positions of responsibility
- Myths or stereotypes in some sections of society about the capabilities of women, ethnic minorities and disabled people
> M – Money
> R – Role models
> M – myths
> C - Confidence
social structures + stratification
- social stratifiation is the idea that people are divided into different hierarcies, where some are deemed more important than others
- can still be seen now adays and people with more money have better access to equpitment and better training facilities than those with less money
social class in schools
- children from low income may have poorer health which may therefore effect their sporting ability
- less money for equiptment or additional coaching
- schools may therefore magnifie social classes
social classes in sports clubs
- extra-curricular may be negatively affected by working class expectations on children to carry out domestic responsibilities
- economic inequalities are also likely to impact on membership of sports clubs increassing the likelihood of upper + middle class joining clubs more than the working class
social action theory
- social action theory = a way of viewing socilaisation, emphasising social action
- that means that society is made up of people and the way that society turns out is dependent on what the people in it are like.
- social action dependent on the relationships that people have in a group
the interactionist approach
- also part of the social action theory
- looks at the way people behave in society
- states that it is people who create society because it is people that create sport thats in the society then it is the society that deems what is socially acceptable and the ‘norm’
- can be useful to;
> alter sports to match those playing
> make organisations more democratic