Culture

Question 1

Culture

Answer 1

A shared learned way of life, including language and traditions

Question 2

Norms

Answer 2

A set group of rules, in any group of people, of expected behaviours and things seen as normal. Eg manners

Question 3

Values

Answer 3

Widely accepted beliefs that something is worthwhile and desirable.

Question 4

Mores

Answer 4

Behaviours that are seen as completely unacceptable in a culture

Question 5

Status

Answer 5

Can be held by an individual or a group based on social position
Ascribed status is given and there is very little they can do to change it
Achieved status is earned and based on merit or achievement

Question 6

Cultural relativity

Answer 6

Something deemed normal in one culture but not in another

Question 7

Cultural universals

Answer 7

Something found in all or most cultures

Question 8

Cultural diversity

Answer 8

A country with multiple cultures

Question 9

Subcultures

Answer 9

A groups in society/cultures with different ideas and beliefs from others around them

Question 10

Anthropology

Answer 10

The study of culture

Question 11

Nature

Answer 11

Our biology, genes and physical characteristics

Question 12

Nurture

Answer 12

The way we were brought up and learn from others

Question 13

Modelling

Answer 13

Being shown how to do something

Question 14

Manipulation

Answer 14

Having our behaviours decided for us

Question 15

Canalisation

Answer 15

Behaviour being channeled into a direction for example girls do ballet

Question 16

Social control

Answer 16

Maintaining a large group of people, keeping order, abiding by societies norms and values using sanctions

Question 17

Primary socialisation

Answer 17

Being taught by our family by instruction and demonstration
Parents may use sanctions to encourage or discourage behaviours
CAN ONLY BE FAMILY

Question 18

Secondary socialisation

Answer 18

Anybody other than family how teaches us
Called Agents of socialisation
Media, Religion, School, Peers and Workplace

Question 19

Formal socialisation

Answer 19

Being officially taught a skill or how to behave

Question 20

Informal socialisation

Answer 20

Learning expected behaviours from others without being taught what is expected

Question 21

Positive sanctions

Answer 21

Rewards for good behaviour to encourage good behaviour

Question 22

Negative sanctions

Answer 22

Punishment or lose of privileges due to bad behaviour

Question 23

Feral Child

Answer 23

A child who lived away from large amounts of human contact from a young age( during vital development stages)

Question 24

David Riemer

Answer 24

Born Bruce then Brenda then David
Born as Bruce, his penis was destroyed in a medical accident when he was a baby
He was brought up female, on the advice of Doctor Money, and was expected to act female but he was not happy in the role and felt and acted female.
We was told he was male when he was a teen and he reverted back to male
He lived unhappily until he committed suicide at 38. This supports nature theory

Question 25

The wolf girls of Mindapore Amala and Kamala

Answer 25

Two girls were found with a she-wolf in a cave and were rescued by a christian group who brought them to their orphanage.
Amala died soon after being taken in at around two years old
They could both smell meat from far away, could seen in the dark and had very good hearing
They would crawl on their hands and knees, would not sleep after midnight and would howl at the moon
Kamala died nine years after they were taken in, in 1929

Question 26

Formal curriculum

Answer 26

School teaches formal education this includes subjects like english and science.
The national curriculum was introduced in 1988 and children across the country follow it.

Question 27

Informal curriculum

Answer 27

Also known as the hidden curriculum

Refers to the messages, norms and values that are passed on to children through a day at school without them realising.