Mean Girls General
This is the name of the high school Cady attends.
The process through which Cady learns school norms and behaviours.
What is socialisation?
This perspective sees the nuclear family as essential for stability and social order.
What is functionalism?
Increased workforce participation of this group has shifted family roles.
Who are women?
The lesson in the cycle which is our long lesson.
What is Tuesday B week?
This clique rules the school hierarchy and includes Regina George.
Who is The Plastics?
The idea that we shape our identity based on how we think others see us.
What is the looking glass self?
This perspective looks at how family members create meaning through interactions.
What is symbolic interactionism?
Rising costs of living and housing place pressure on traditional family structures.
What are rising economic factors?
The number of students in our class.
What is 20?
This character befriends Cady first and explains the school’s social groups.
Who is Janis Ian?
The Plastics are an example of this kind of group within a larger society.
What is a subculture?
The feminist perspective on the nuclear family.
What is that the nuclear family inherently favours men over women?
Changing attitudes toward marriage and relationships are examples of this influence.
What are social or cultural changes?
The next unit of study in Sociology.
What is Applying Sociology?
This book, central to the plot, spreads rumours and secrets about students.
What is the Burn Book?
Judging Janis or other groups as “weird” based on dominant school culture reflects this concept.
What is ethnocentrism?
Functionalists argue this is the key role of the family for children.
What is primary socialisation?
This legal change made it easier for couples to separate, increasing family diversity.
What is no-fault divorce?
The name of the alternate two courses studied in 2025/2027.
What is Understanding Difference and Structure and Agency?
Regina’s concern with reputation shows the importance of this concept.
What is self-concept?
Cady changing her behaviour to fit in with The Plastics demonstrates this concept.
What is conformity?
The two roles in the nuclear family as theorised by Talcott Parsons?
Bonus points for explanation.
What is instrumental & expressive.
•Instrumental - men, caring for material needs à essential for economic stability
•Expressive - women, emotional care, nurturing à socialising, maintaining harmony
This trend involves couples choosing not to marry but still live together.
What is cohabitation?
The case study Miss Merrick will make you explore if no-one suggests otherwise!
What is Venezuela Fury's wedding and traveller culture?