Introduction to Sociology

What is culture?

• Expected patterns of behaviour

• The spread of ideas

• A shared of life

• Framework for people to cope

What are beliefs?

• A way of acting of a person

• General opinions or feelings about the nature of the world around us.

• How values develop.

• Doing things in culturally different ways

What are values?

• Certain building blocks

• Dynamic society

• A framework to provide meaning

• Ideas about the correct form of behaviour

Which of these is a social norm?

• Human life is sacred

• It is wrong to hurt other people

• One should join the end of a queue,anyone pushing to the front is criticised.

• Peter's social role in society is a father and a teacher.

A predictable "bundle" of actions linked with a particular position in society such as a mother or a teacher.

• Society

• Social role

• Mores

• Norms

What term is used to refer to people playing a number of different roles?

• Role conflict

• Role play

• Social role

• Multiple roles

A woman may be a student,but also caring for her disabled cousin. This may cause a clash on which role to perform when she is needed at the same time. What term is used to reflect this?

• Multiple roles

• Role conflict

• Social roles

• Role play

This refers to the position someone has in society.

• Roles

• Status

• Achieved

• Ascribed

There are two types of "Status"

• Made up and manufactured

• Twin and double

• Role and Multiple

• Achieved and ascribed status

This means high status and respect

• Moral

• Prestige

• Role conflict

• Multiple roles