Key Words

Question 1

achieved status

Answer 1

status gained by the individual through talent, effort, and hard work

Question 2

agents of socialisation

Answer 2

social groups and institutions which have a role to teach us norms and values, customs and traditions

Question 3

ascribed status

Answer 3

status which is fixed and determined at birth

Question 4

canalisation

Answer 4

parental attempts to make sure children play with gender-appropriate toys

Question 5

culture

Answer 5

shared norms and values within a social group

Question 6

cultural diversity

Answer 6

different cultures living alongside each other

Question 7

ethnic identity

Answer 7

an individual’s ethnic background?

shared norms and values on a culture

Question 8

feral children

Answer 8

children who have grown up with limited human contact

Question 9

formal social control

Answer 9

ways of controlling behavior with written rules, laws or codes and conduct.

ex, police, laws, imprisonment

Question 10

gender roles

Answer 10

cultural expectations attached to how males or females are expected to behave in our society

Question 11

identity

Answer 11

how we see/define ourselves and how others see us

Question 12

imitation

Answer 12

copying the behavior of others

Question 13

informal curriculum

Answer 13

hidden curriculum

how we learn norms ad values through how the school is organised

Question 14

formal curriculum

Answer 14

what subjects we learn in school

Question 15

informal social control

Answer 15

unwritten way of controlling how people behave

Question 16

nature, nurture debate

Answer 16

nature = how you behave is in your DNA
nurture = how you behave is due to socialisation

Question 17

norms

Answer 17

social rules of behavior

that relate to specific social situations and govern how we are supposed to behave

Question 18

peer group

Answer 18

people of similar age & status

usually friends or colleagues

Question 19

peer group pressure

Answer 19

influences peer groups have on their members to imitate group behavior. It can e positive or negative

Question 20

primary socialisation

Answer 20

early stages of socialisation which you get from your family

Question 21

rewards & sanctions

Answer 21

the rewards and punishments used to socialise individuals. they can be positive or negative

Question 22

roles

Answer 22

how a person is expected to behave in relation to there social status

Question 23

roles conflict

Answer 23

when the demands of one role conflict with another role

Question 24

role models

Answer 24

people who are seen as setting a good example, for others to follow

especially young people following good behavior and beliefs

Question 25

secondary socialisation

Answer 25

socialisation which takes place after we start full-time education. We begin to be influenced by those around us such as peer groups, teachers and media, etc

Question 26

socially constructed

Answer 26

created by society

Question 27

social identity

Answer 27

how a person sees themselves as part of a group

Question 28

status

Answer 28

a person’s social positions in society

Question 29

subculture

Answer 29

different social groups who have their own norms and values, often at the odds with the larger culture they they live in

Question 30

values

Answer 30

widely excepted general beliefs