Sociology: Culture, Norms, and Values

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What is a subculture?

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A smaller group with distinctive norms and values that is different to the mainstream majority group.

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What are values?

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standards shared by members of a culture and used to judge whether behaviour is right or wrong.

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How is a social identity formed?

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Our sense of social identity arises out of our interaction with other, so that we develop our identity based on what others think of us as well as our own perceptions of ourselves.

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What is peer pressure?

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The influence that a peer group has on its members to persuade them to perform.

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What is diversity?

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Where there are many differences in and between human cultures

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What is cultural relativism?

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considering all cultures on their own terms rather than from a Western point of view

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What is secondary socialisation?

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Later processes of socialisation that occur in education, at work and in your peer groups. You learn more specific roles and statuses.

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What does Ann Oakley's concept of canalisation mean?

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Being channelled into activities that are considered appropriate for a particular gender.

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What is meant by the "hidden curriculum" at school?

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This is all of the informal lessons you learn that are supposed to prepare you for life. It includes messages about expected behaviours.

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What is an ascribed status?

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A position you inherit at birth which is assigned based on class, ethnicity, gender or position. It is seen to be fixed.