The IGCSE Sociology KEY TERMS quiz

The behaviour which societies expect of their members in particular situations

• Beliefs

• Norms

• Values

• Assimilation

Identity

• Individuals' expectations of how other members of society should behave

• The behaviour which societies expect of their members in particular situations

• Individuals’ perception of themselves, based partly on ideas about how others see them

Hybrid cultures

• When minority cultures gradually lose their separate identity

• Groups within a larger culture that have their own distinctive norms and values

• Created during globalisation when aspects of two cultures merge

• When several different cultures or sub-cultures exist alongside each other

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

Ways of rewarding or punishing acceptable or unacceptable behaviour

A group within a larger culture that has its own distinctive norms and values

• Sub-culture

• Hybrid culture

• Multiculturalism

• Ethnocentrism

Which are examples of agencies of social control? (you can choose more than one)

• The family

• Peer groups

• The media

• Religion

The attributes that people think (often wrongly) characterise a group

• Stereotypes

• Identity

• Sub-culture

• Values

The patterns of behaviour expected of someone because of their status in society

• Norms

• Identity

• Role

• Status

What is the informal curriculum of a school that conveys norms and values called?