Week 3 - Culture and Socialisation (Sociology)

Define culture.

• A way of life for a group of people or a society.

• A value.

• An important part of existence.

• All to do with religion.

Define Mores.

• Expected behaviour.

• Something important.

• A stronger version of a norm.

• A legal act.

There are TWO types of Socialisation, what are they?

• Left and Right

• Primary and Secondary.

• Infinite and Definite.

• Optional and Contemporary.

There are TWO types of Social Control, name them.

• Informal and Formal

• Acceptable and Unacceptable.

Acribed status is (a)  

Define 'high culture'

• A small cultures within a bigger culture.

• The culture of the ‘elite’.

• The culture of the masses.

• A individual within a culture.

Define the idea of a feral child.

• Children who, through either accident or deliberate isolation, have grown up with limited human contact.

• Children who have too much contact with family.

• Children who commit crimes.

• Children who have too much fun.

There are ___ agents of socialisation (fill in the gap).

• 5

• 9

• 4

• 6

Define the term 'role'.

• Expected behaviour.

• Illegal behaviour.

• The culturally expected behaviour of particular members of society.

• Fixed at birth.

Define conformity.

• Individual behaviour.

• Becoming a part of a group.

• We as individuals feel the pressure to change our behaviour.

• Extrovert behaviour.