Sociology culture, identity

Question 1

What are the 12 different types of family

Answer 1

Lone parent families
multi-cultural families
Student huseholds
Nuclear families
same sex families
reconstituted families
empty nest families
neo conventional families
Living apart together
extended families
Beanpole families
Lone person households

Question 2

What is a family

Answer 2

A group of people related by blood or marriage

Question 3

What is the nuclear family

Answer 3

A typical family group which consists of parents and children

Question 4

What did the theorist Murdock say about the family

Answer 4

He said that the in all societies the nuclear family is the basis of the family unit

Question 5

What are lone parent families

Answer 5

Lone parent families are families which consist of one child and one parent

Question 6

What did the theorist spencer 2005 say about lone parent families

Answer 6

He said that lone parent families result in poorer health, lower educational achievement and increased risk of children going into anti social behaviour

Question 7

What is ageing population

Answer 7

Tis is the shift in the distribution of a countrys population towards older ages

Question 8

What are the reasons for the causes of ageing population

Answer 8

decline in fertility rates and increase in life expectancy, dependency culture

Question 9

what are the two types of socialisation

Answer 9

Primary and secondary

Question 10

What is primary socialisation

Answer 10

children are socialised from a young age through family and friends

Question 11

what is the secondary socialisation

Answer 11

individuals are socialised into norms and values through the likes of social media and school

Question 12

what is an example of an informal social control

Answer 12

dress codes

Question 13

what is an example of a formal social control

Answer 13

Police and the military

Question 14

what are formal mechanisms of control

Answer 14

Different institutions which directly control the behaviour of the population through the military, police courts and the criminal justice system

Question 15

what are informal mechanisms of control

Answer 15

This is controlling someones behaviour by enforce and sanctioning them in an informal way

Question 16

what is cultural hybridity

Answer 16

where different cultures clash together

Question 17

what is culture diversity

Answer 17

this is a variety of different cultures or ethnic groups

Question 18

Who created the concept of individualisation

Answer 18

Berk (1992)

Question 19

who created the concept of childhood disappearing

Answer 19

Neil postman

Question 20

What is Neil postmans view of childhood

Answer 20

He thinks that children have the same rights as adults and he argues that childhood emerged from mass literacy

Question 21

What theorsist criticised Postmans view

Answer 21

Jenks (2005)

Question 22

what is a norm

Answer 22

A typical pattern of behaviour that a certain person does

Question 23

What is a value

Answer 23

A long lasting belief or idea that a group of people believe

Question 24

what is high culture

Answer 24

this is to describe people who are called elites that include things which they can only access such as ballets and operas

Question 25

what is popular culture

Answer 25

norms and activities that people do on a normal day like swimming, cinema and sports

Question 26

what are neil postman’s views on childhood

Answer 26

he said that children now have the same rights as adults and that childhood emerged from mass literacy

Question 27

who criticises postman’s view of childhood

Answer 27

Jenks 2005

Question 28

what are jenks view of childhood disappearing

Answer 28

he said that technologies haven’t resulted in the disappearance of childhood and that there is still concerns among parents

Question 29

what arguments argue that social class is still important

Answer 29

Marxists they argue that a persons position is society is based on the means of production, the ruling class and the working class
the weberian view suggests that the upper class operates as social closure and that a key aspect of the working class is their invisisiblity

Question 30

what are the arguements they are no longer important

Answer 30

murray suggests that the underclass exists as a result of generous benefits
Functionalists think society is based on effort and talent

Question 31

what are the arguements that ethnic hybridity is still important

Answer 31

Jacobson suggested that as a result of social exclusion, young pakistanis are adopting new islamic culture
Li suggested that muslim women are wearing hijabs when going into white interviews, but also that black people have european sounding names which deteriorate and white people will find out that they are black

Question 32

what are arguements that they are longer important

Answer 32

patterson-immigration model suggested that the immigrants failure of not being ble to adapt to the norms and values of the hosts
postmodernists argue that identity is now fluid and we adopt new aspects of identity which we want

Question 33

what are the arguements that age identities have changed

Answer 33

postman- argued the fact that childhood emerged from literacy which leads to the protection of children
david argued that older people tend to feel isolated due to the fact of lack of literacy

Question 34

what are arguements they have not changed

Answer 34

Cohen young people are seen as folk devils and there is evidence of this from moral panic
abrams said that all age groups share a common culture and change

Question 35

what is global culture

Answer 35

the growing trend of cultural products and activities becoming universal, examples of this are: Mcdonalds, Coca-cola and Nike.

Question 36

what is consumer culture

Answer 36

A culture where values and activities are centred on the purchases and consumption of goods and services.

Question 37

what is ageing population

Answer 37

A shift in the distribution of a country’s population towards older age s

Question 38

What could be the problems with ageing population

Answer 38

Increased public spending- much older people require health and social services

Loneliness and isolation for older people- loneliness could have long term effects on old people’s health

Demands on family members- the older middle aged people have a responsibility for caring for adult children who might be living at home.

Question 39

what are the positives to ageing population

Answer 39

older workers- most older people remain healthy towards the end of their lives, and people work beyond retirement age.

The voluntary sector- retired people have time to contribute to unpaid work like for charities

Older people as consumers- older people spend more time eating out more than younger people, Kingman 2012 found that over the years, the spending power of older people has increased while that of younger generations has declined.