Identity
ALL PLAY: the way of life of a society
culture
a position that someone has in a society given by others
Ascribed status
What is the agency of primary socialisation?
Family
ALL PLAY: name a conflict perspective
Marxism/Feminism
Name an agency of social control:
•family
•education
•peer groups
•media
•religion
workplace
rules, usually formalised by government, that are used to order the way in which a society behaves.
Laws
A position someone has in a society earned by themselves
Name 3 agencies of secondary socialisation
•education
•peer groups
•media
•religion
•workplace
Name a consensus perspective
functionalism
DOUBLE POINTS ALL PLAY: Media – social media ‘likes’
is an example of what sanction?
Informal positive sanction
the idea that social situations and events are
made by societies; they do not exist in nature as independent things.
social construction
an individual’s perception of themselves, based partly
on ideas about how others see them.
Social identity
What is the hidden curriculum?
what learners learn in school, apart from the content of lessons, such as the importance of following rules and the consequences of not doing so.
a conflict perspective which sees a division between the two main classes – the bourgeoisie (the owners of wealth and property) and the proletariat (the working class). People are socialised into norms and values that work in the interests of the bourgeoisie.
Marxism
the way that someone presents themselves online, and the personae they adopt in online communities, such as forums and social media
digital self/online identities
standards shared by members of a culture and used to judge whether behaviour is right or wrong.
Values
ALL PLAY: All four factors of identity
Age, Gender, Social Class, Ethnicity
What is canalisation?
channelling children towards activities that are considered appropriate for them (for example, because of their gender)
a consensus perspective which sees all the institutions of society as working in the best interests of everybody. People are socialised into a value consensus, accepting society’s norms and values so that everything runs smoothly.
Functionalism
the complex process by which different cultures around the world are increasingly aware of, interact with and influence each other
globalisation
the patterns of behaviour expected of someone because of their
status in society.
Role
an oversimplified set of ideas about a particular type of person or social group.
Stereotype
what is peer pressure?
the influence of a group of people of the same age and status, to force or persuade its members to conform.
DOUBLE POINTS: Define feminism:
a conflict perspective which argues that society is patriarchal – men control society and women are subordinate. Men and women are socialised to accept this power difference as natural.
DOUBLE POINTS: the use of digital technology to observe and control behaviour
digital surveillance