Sociologists - Culture and Identity - Flashcards in A Level and IB Sociology

Mead (Self and Identity)

The I and the Me - I refers to inner self, Me is outer persona displayed to others.

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Goffman (Self and Identity)

Presentation of self - present ourselves in a way in which we believe will make others treat us more favourably

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Cooley (Self and Identity)

Looking Glass Self - See ourselves as a reflection of what others think

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Pearson (Age and Identity)

There is a long history of seeing youths as trouble e.g mods and rockers

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Polhemus (Age and Identity)

Youths now have a lot of choice and freedom to choose their identity

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Featherstone and Hepsworth (Age and Identity)

Old people are forced to wear the mask of old ae and are stigmatised by the rest of society

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Berger (Age and Identity)

Being old or young is a state of mind - many people don't act their age

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Atkinson (Disability and Identity)

Those with an impairment are often more driven to success and are more motivated e.g deaf DJ's and blind footballers

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Goffman (Disability and Identity)

Spoiled identity - those with impairments suffer a spoiled identity and are stigmatised by society

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Mead (Disability and Identity)

The impairment becomes their master status, the thing they are most known for, their dominant characteristic

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What is ethnicity?

A mix of religion, nationality, culture and language.

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What is race?

The colour of your skin

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What is nationality?

The place in which you are from

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Mirza (Ethnicity and Identity)

Each new generation of Muslims feel more and more part of British culture

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Alexander (Ethnicity and Identity)

There is a certain reputation to uphold in black society - the music they listen to, the way they talk and dress etc

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Hewitt (Ethnicity and Identity)

Many white people feel annoyance that they can't celebrate their traditions and culture for fear of being racist

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Hall (Nationality and Identity)

Each nation has their own history which shapes their behaviours, norms and traditions today

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Hill (Nationality and Identity)

The American culture has dominated the rest of the world through Globalisation, sharing products and the media has influenced the way we speak e.g "can I get" and "omg"

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Fox (Nationality and Identity)

The British culture have a very defined way of acting - use humour a lot and are often over polite

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Skelton (Gender and Identity)

Gender expectations are reinforced by schools and employment

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Lees (Gender and Identity)

Males and females are treated differently - we have different beliefs on how they should believe. e.g girls are called slags whereas this term is not used for males. They are called lads instead.

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Wilkinson (Gender and Identity)

We now live in a society where genders are hybrid - woman adopt male behaviours (ladette) and males adopt female behaviours (metrosexual)

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Weeks (Sexuality and Identity)

Sexuality is socially constructed. It has different meanings in different places in different periods of time.

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Mead (Sexuality and Identity)

Their sexuality becomes their master status - the characteristic which defines them above anything else

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Murray (Social class)

The Underclass often live off crime and benefits rather than employment

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Roberts (Social class)

Each class has their own distinctive ways to behave

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Bernstein (Social class)

Elaborated code - the way the upper classes talk to make them seem more sophisticated and highly educated

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Bourdieu (Social class)

Cultural capital - the higher class are treated more favorably due to their behaviours and mannerisms

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Veblen (Leisure and consumption)

We often buy a product or peruse a leisure activity simply to make a statement

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Roberts (Leisure and consumption)

There are both positive and negavtive, mind numbing forms of leisure

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Boyle (Leisure and consumption)

The internet has opened up a whole new world and changed our forms of behaviour

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Three Functionalist sociologists?

Durkheim, Parsons, Spencer

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Three Marxists?

Box, Chambliss, Bourdieu

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Three Interactionalists?

Goffman, Mead, Cooley

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Three Feminists?

Oakley, Sharpe, Stanworth

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Three Post-modernists?

Bauman, Lyotard, Baudrillard

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