Identity
What is self-concept?
What is ONE coming of age, including the culture it is part of
Judaism - Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Latin - Quincenera
Protestants - Baptism (must occur voluntary)
Anglo-Americans - debutante balls
Name ONE social theorist
David Elkind Erik Erikson Carol Gilligan Robert Havighurst Jane Loevinger Jean Piaget
Which TWO countries are the Maasai lands located in?
Tanzania and Kenya
Name the fundamental and additional concepts.
Fundamental: Persons, society, culture, environment, time
Additional: Power, authority, gender, identity, technologies, globalisation
What is the name of the popular 16-type personality test
Myers–Briggs Personality Test
What is socialisation?
Bonus 100: Does socialisation change or stay the same? Why?
The process by which individuals learn to become functioning members of society by internalising the roles, norms and values of that society.
Bonus: socialisation changes because social roles and obligations are continually redefined
Identity Erik Erikson's theory of development
The 8 Psychosocial stages of life, looking at basic conflicts and virtues that shape the development of the self from infancy to old age.
Tern for the young Maasai men who have undergone circumcision.
Moran
The shared beliefs, values, customs, and practices passed down through generations that give a group a sense of common identity
Culture
When and how does the social self begin?
The social self: A conscious experience in which you become aware of your own personal identity
Childhood through human interaction
The primary and most influential agent of socialisation
Family
What is the nature vs nurture debate? Name the case study we looked at in class.
Debate: do genes (nature) or environment (nurture) impact personality, behaviour and identity more?
What role do cattle play in Maasai culture?
They are the measure of wealth, and all parts of them are used in life. milk and meat for food, dung to make walls, and hide for beds.
A socially created aspect of social life. Researchers argue that society is actively and creatively produced by human beings rather than being merely given or taken for granted.
Social construct
How is identity 'fluid'?
All individuals have multiple identities that might intersect and compete based on social situations. With increased digital technology and globalisation, this has increased.
What are four examples of family structures?
Nuclear family, multi-generational family, split family, blended family, de facto family, step-family
Explain the social construct of adolescence, including its weaknesses,
The life stage between childhood and adulthood is not a biological inevitability but rather a product of cultural, historical, and social forces. Its weakness is that it is not universally applicable across cultures or even within cultures.
Describe the role of women in Maasai culture
Their core role is to birth and raise children, completing all domestic duties. These range from cooking, milking cows, chopping firewood, and maintaining the huts. They are also responsible for looking after the goats and cows at night.
The ability or capacity to influence or persuade others to a point of view or action to which they would not normally agree.
Power
Explain what is meant by identity crisis in sociology
Crisis or confusion experienced when a person's sense of identity is threatened or destabilised, often during major life transitions throughout the stages.
Identify ALL of the secondary agents of socialisation
Ethnicity and culture
Gender
Sexuality
Beliefs
Location, class and status
Peers
School
Media
Describe the Theory of Generations, including its theorist and the core principles.
Karl Mannheim
People born around the same time who experience the same significant historical events during their formative years develop a shared worldview, values, and way of interpreting the world.
What issue of continuity and change is present for the Maasai?
Privatisation of land, female rights (regarding genital mutilation) and tourism, which cause tension between preserving traditional identity and adapting to modern society around them.
Unique individuals who develop in a social and environmental setting in which they are influenced by, and interacts with, other persons and groups.
Persons