the process of learning and socialisation

Question 1

society

Answer 1

a community of people who share a common territory and culture and consequently interact with one another daily

Question 2

socialisation

Answer 2

the process of social learning that occurs in the period from birth to death in which individuals acquire and absorb the cultural values and norms of the society in which they live

Question 3

identity

Answer 3

the qualities, beliefs, personality, looks and/or expressions that constitute both how you see yourself and how other people may see or judge you

Question 4

artefacts

Answer 4

material objects such as flags or monuments and buildings or cultural products such as sport, music and national dishes which have symbolic meaning for members of particular societies

Question 5

relativity of culture

Answer 5

the idea that what constitutes culture differs across time periods, societies and even between social groups living in the same society

Question 6

norms

Answer 6

the rules that govern what behaviour is normal in any given social situation

Question 7

secular

Answer 7

not subject to religious routines or rules

Question 8

gender role socialisation

Answer 8

the process of learning behaviour that is culturally expected from males and females

Question 9

social mores

Answer 9

values, often influences by religion, which set out the moral principles and rules of societies; for example, that sexual relationships should only be conducted in the moral context of marriage

Question 10

primary socialisation

Answer 10

the process of learning that occurs in the family when parents teach children the language, attitudes, values, norms and ethics of the culture in which they live so that they grow up to be citizens and workers of those who conform to what society expects of the them

Question 11

gender roles

Answer 11

social expectations that underpin what is expected of a boy/man and a girl/woman in any given society

Question 12

secondary socialisation

Answer 12

the process of social learning that is in addition to that which occurs in the family. Agents of secondary socialisation include formal education systems, religion, the workplace and the media

Question 13

hidden curriculum

Answer 13

the unwritten, unofficial and often unintended lessons, values and attitudes that encourage conformity that students allegedly learn in classrooms and schools

Question 14

cultural amnesia

Answer 14

the collective loss of memory

Question 15

nature versus nurture debate

Answer 15

the debate as to whether human behaviour is the product of innate biological influences such as instinct or genetics or whether it is the product of environmental influences such as social upbringing or the quality of socialisation

Question 16

social construct/construction

Answer 16

a belief, characteristic or set of behaviours and assumptions that is produced or manufactured by the actions of those who constitute society or powerful social groups