Sociology Paper 1

Question 1

Culture capital

Answer 1

the knowledge about language cultures and manners
what is cultrually expected and how u exp to behaviour
language in exam = matches the dominant class
working class doesnt learn this type of language and wont understand it

Question 2

Social capital

Answer 2

surrounds the student, family and friends
for good education, needs to be surrounded by the right person
if u are in WC fam = ppoor social capital leads to less sucess rate because you are surround by the wrong people and they wont enable you to sucess

Question 3

Economic Capital

Answer 3

Money and property each Idv possess
pupil with high economic capital meaning those parents can buy tutors and books and revision guides and can access more culture capital because they have a greater understanding of language in the edu system

Question 4

What is “Habitus” and who speaks about it?

Answer 4

Bourdieu and he states that it is a classes own set of ideas and values which are particular to that social class.