Culteral Transmission Flashcards
(36 cards)
What is formal and informal social control
Formal is control enforced by the government police and courts , enforcing legal laws.
Informal social control is enforced through agents of socialisation , enforcing acceptable ways to behave , norms etc
What are sanctions
Positive or negative actions take to encourage people to follow social norms
What are some examples of people who can enforce informal social control
Peers and family
Define race
Idea that humans can be divided into different racial groups by physical characteristics
Define ethnicity
The cultural group a person belongs to , from nationality , religion language or way lot life etc
Define nationality
Belonging to a particular nation or one ethnic group which forms a nation
How could family socialise children into a ethnicity
Language spoken, food eaten, clothes worn, festivals and traditions , church
How could someone’s ethnicity have an affect on someone’s peers
Young black people having a group to protect against racism
How could education reinforce ethnicity
Racism
Curriculum may be biased to certain cultures (ethnocentric curriculum)
Lower expectations of certain ethnic groups
What is an example of an ethnic group being presented negatively in the media
Migrants blamed for unemployment , black people for crime
What is cultural diversity
Variations in the way people live there life
What is a sub culture
A group with different values and ways of behaving which are different from the dominent culture
How could the family reinforce class identity
The way you speak, housing , the school you attend , food and holidays
How could education reinforce class identity
The sets you are put in
School meals
Cultural capital
How could the media reinforce gender identity
Gender stereotypes in films
How could your peer group reinforce national/ethnic identity
Racist views, ethnic groups staying together for saftey , beliefs against other cultures
What is capitalism
A economic system where the country’s industry is largely controlled by private owners who benifit and profit hugely
Nature
Behaviour is based upon your anatomy and what you were born like, eg , genes
Nurture
We act the way we do based on the way we are socialised
What’s a feral child
Unsociolsed wild child who lived isolated from human contact from a young age
Identity
Ideas you have about who you are , sense of self,
Examples of identity
Class gender ethnicity age
What are norms
Unwritten informal rules and expectations surrounding how people should behave
What are values
Beliefs about what is good and desirable , eg, equality
