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6. How did Bourdiey define 'habitus'

  • A system of dispositions - perceptions formed by socialisation and confirmed by experiences and therefore we reproduce social positions because of it
  • A system of dispositions - perceptions formed by socialisation and confirmed by experiences and therefore we reproduce socialisation because of it
  • A system of dispositions - perceptions formed by education and confirmed by experiences and therefore we reproduce social positions because of it
  • A system of dispositions - perceptions formed by socialisation and confirmed by experiences and therefore we can transform society because of it

7. Who coined the concept of class operating through use of either restricted or elaborated code?

  • Althusser
  • Bernstein
  • Engels
  • Bourdieu

8. How do Marx and Engels define class?

  • In terms of the the owning and control of the means of production in society
  • In terms of the economic, social and cultural capital one has
  • In terms of how m

9. Outline Weber's dimensions of inequality

  • Class, status and power
  • Class, status, power and culture
  • Class, culture and power
  • Power, culture, class and economic

10. What did Bourdieu and Passeron (1977) argue

  • The lower classes benefit from education most due to their capitals as they are the education system needs them
  • The lower classes benefit from education most due to their capitals as they are the education system values them
  • The upper and middle classes benefit from education most due to their capitals as they are the education system values them
  • The upper and middle classes benefit from education least due to their capitals as they are the education system doesn't value them

11. What did Reay (2001) find regarding Gender and Education

  • 'Nice girls' (middle class, well behaved and boring/excluded) and 'spice girls' (working class and anti-academic)
  • 'Square girls' (middle class, well behaved and boring/excluded) and 'Girlies' (working class and anti-academic)
  • 'Square girls' (working class, well behaved and boring/excluded) and 'Girlies' (middle class and anti-academic)
  • 'Nice girls' (working class, well behaved and boring/excluded) and 'spice girls' (middle class and anti-academic)

12. What is social reproduction

  • The process of high social mobility in a society - where their family background strongly reflects in their occupation and status
  • The process of low social mobility in a society - where their family background strongly reflects in their occupation and status
  • The process of low social mobility in a society - where their family background doesn't reflect in their occupation and status
  • The process of high social mobility in a society - where their family background doesn't reflect in their occupation and status

13. Durkheim argues that education is

  • meritocratic and it allocates specific roles to members of soceity based on ability
  • not meritocratic as the education system is biased towards specific groups in society
  • not meritocratic as individuals have their roles allocated to them as a function of education
  • meritocratic as everyone can chose their own role in society and control this

14. Who coined the idea of restricted and elaborated code?

  • Bernstein
  • Bourdieu
  • Marx
  • Weber

15. Outline Young's (1958) stages towards meritocracy

  • 1 - the link between class and educational achievement weakening. 2 - opportunities and motivation for social mobility strengthens. 3 - the link between class and class destination weakens
  • 1 - the link between class and educational achievement weakening. 2 - opportunities and motivation for social mobility strengthens. 3 - the link between class and class destination weakens. 4 - meritocracy weakens.
  • 1 - the link between class and educational achievement strengthening. 2 - opportunities and motivation for social mobility strengthens. 3 - the link between class and class destination weakens
  • 1 - the link between class and educational achievement strengthening. 2 - opportunities and motivation for social mobility strengthens. 3 - the link between class and class destination strenghtens. 4 - meritocracy increases.

16. Name Bourdeiu's forms of capital

  • Money, social, status and cultural
  • Economic, social, status and cultural
  • Economic, social and cultural
  • Money, social and cultural