Sociology AQA AS Culture and Identity

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  • Created on: 14-03-13 12:14
Definition of Culture
The language, beliefs, values, norms, customs, dress, diet, roles, knowledge and skills that people learn as the way of life in a society
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What do sociobiologists believe?
culture is a product of human genetics. Culture is passed on through our DNA.
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Name a Sociobiologist and their study
Morris (1968) believes that passing on culture is a survival instinct built into our genetics
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What do functionalists believe?
Culture exists before individuals are born into it
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What do Marxists believe?
culture is neither a product of your DNA (sociobiologists) or based on shared norms and values functioning for the common good (functionalists). Culture as created by the ruling class to maintain their position and oppress the working classes
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Subcultures normally depend on...
Age, Class, Devience
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Subcultures study?
Stanley Cohen, Mods and Rockers
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Definition of High Culture
set of cultural products, mainly in the arts, held in the highest esteem by a culture.
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Definition of Mass Culture
cultural products such as music, art, literature, fashion, dance, film, television, and radio that are consumed primarily by non-elite groups such as the working, lower, and middle class
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Definition of Socially Constructed
culture is a product of human socialisation and subject to change over time and across national boundries
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Definition of Dumbing Down
High Culture being turned into mass culture to interest more people
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Example of Dumbing down
English National Opera selling cheap tickets, have removed the normal dress code (black tie) and are allowing people to wear jeans. They are also offering special drink promotions (like pubs) to entice the young
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Which type of culture would be used in pre-industrial times?
Folk Culture
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