What is Youth

Question 1

Sociological discourse

Answer 1

A discourse is a way of reflecting on data and observations made about people or an event. Opinions are based upon a collection of beliefs, “truths” , myths and the language of a culture.

Question 2

Stereotype

Answer 2

Assumptions about individuals based on their social group membership rather than individual characteristics.

Question 3

Youth

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A socially constructed, age based, social category appropriate to western societies which usually includes young people between the ages of 14 and 24.

Question 4

Adolescence

Answer 4

A term with strong biological associations describing the period of onset of puberty to full sexual reproduction and full physiological maturation.

Question 5

Prejudice

Answer 5

A positive or negative prejudgement about an entire category of people

Question 6

Discrimination

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The unequal treatment towards a category of people.

Question 7

Ethnicity

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The particular cultural features that are shared by a distinctive group or population. The social traits shared by these groupings include nationality, ideology and lifestyles. Common language, common cultural and religious practices and a common ancestry support the ethnic identity.

Question 8

Cultural hybridity

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The process of coming and drawing upon different cultural and ethnic identities to create a new hybridised culture, slightly changing the dominant culture in the process.

Question 9

Social class

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The social identity and status of groups of people based on shared social and economic background. In Australia, the term socioeconomic status (SES) is often used interchangeably with social class.

Question 10

Intergenerational inequity

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Disadvantage that passes across multiple generations within one family

Question 11

Gender

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Refers to the socially and culturally constructed categories of feminine and masculine, as compared to the biological categories of sex.

Question 12

Sexual orientation

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Refers to a person’s physical and/or attraction to the same and/or opposite gender.

Question 13

Baby Boomer

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A social category encompassing Australians who were born between 1946 and 1964.

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Generation Y

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A social category encompassing Australians who were born between 1980 and 1994.

Question 15

Generation Z

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A social category encompassing Australians who were born between 1995 and 2009.

Question 16

Digital Native

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A person born into a generation in which information and communication technology already existed and who has therefore used ict from a young age.

Question 17

Digital immigrant

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A person who was born before the prevalence of ict and subsequently learnt to use it later in life.

Question 18

Generation X

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The generation of people born between 1693 and 1980. They are described as being flexible and possessing a strong work/life balance

Question 19

Subculture

Answer 19

A minority group containing members who are categorised with shared characteristics or interests such a norms, value or sexual orientation.