to sociologists, this means ‘way of life’; the culture of a society is made up of the attitudes, values, traditions, skills and knowledge of members of that society
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shared meanings
draws attention to the way in which living in society is a collective activity; it is only through shared meanings that life in society becomes possible – it would be difficult to communicate, for example, unless a particular word had the same or a s
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identity
who or what an individual thinks he/she is
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cultural diversity
refers to cultural differences between people in a particular society linked to things like religion, ethnicity and social class
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subculture
a culture within a culture; subcultures are formed by particular sections of society – teenagers, for example. Some of the elements of a subculture will be the same as elements of the main culture; other elements will be different and will distingui
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values
the general ideas members of society have about what is good or bad, right or wrong
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norms
rules regarding normal or expected behaviour in a given situation. Norms set out appropriate behaviour in particular settings such as on buses, in lecture theatres, in the waiting rooms of GPs’ surgeries or in restaurants
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status
social position
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ascribed status
status given to individuals on the basis of characteristics they possess and about which they can do nothing – gender, race, age, for example
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achieved status
status that an individual earns through what he/she does or has done; a job is a source of achieved status
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social mobility
movement up or down a socio-economic scale
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role
the way a person who occupies a particular status – social position – is expected to behave
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role conflict
occurs when the demands of one of our roles conflict or clash with those of another
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primary socialisation
the process by which, early in our lives, we begin to learn about how to live in our society; primary socialisation takes place mainly in informal, face-to-face groups like the family
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agencies of socialisation
those social institutions (family, school, mosque, for example) or groups (peer group, for example) that help individuals to learn how to live in their society
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secondary socialisation
becomes important as children spend more time outside the home; at school, in clubs, within the peer group individuals learn a broader range of social skills, thus continuing the socialisation begun in the home
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Card 2
Front
draws attention to the way in which living in society is a collective activity; it is only through shared meanings that life in society becomes possible – it would be difficult to communicate, for example, unless a particular word had the same or a s
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shared meanings
Card 3
Front
who or what an individual thinks he/she is
Back
Card 4
Front
refers to cultural differences between people in a particular society linked to things like religion, ethnicity and social class
Back
Card 5
Front
a culture within a culture; subcultures are formed by particular sections of society – teenagers, for example. Some of the elements of a subculture will be the same as elements of the main culture; other elements will be different and will distingui
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