Unit 2: Culture, identity and socialisation
This unit considers the relationship between the individual and society and how far humans are shaped by social processes by comparison with alternative influences, such as biological and psychological factors.This document contains definitions of the key...
2.1 What is the relationship between the individual and society?
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‘A’ TO ‘Z’ KEY TERMS OF CULTURE(UNIT:2)
Adolescence The period of growing up between childhood and
adulthood.
Adulthood When an individual is accepted by their culture as
a full member.
Age/age groups Ways in which people of the same or similar age
share a status and associated roles.
Agencies of socialisaton Insttutons in which people are
socialised.ex;school,family,religion
Belief Statements that people hold to be true.
Child-centred A society in which children are highly valued and
a lot of tme and efort are devoted to their well-
being.
Childhood The period before adulthood,in which individuals
are not granted full adult rights.
Coercion The use or threat of force or violence.
Cultural relatvism Considering all cultures on their own terms
rather than from a Western point of view.
Culture The way of life of people including norms
values,traditons,language ,food and so on.
Customs Norms in a partcular society that are widely
accepted and carry on over tme.
Diversity Where there are many diferences;cultural
diversity refers to the wide diferences between
human cultures.
Elderly Belonging to the age group of those advanced in
years.
Ethnic minority An ethnic group that is relatvely small in number
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, ‘A’ TO ‘Z’ KEY TERMS OF CULTURE(UNIT:2)
compared with the majority in a society and is
seen as diferent.
Ethnicity/race Ethnicity refers to cultural diferences such as
language and religion as well as place of
origin;race refers to supposed biological
diferences between diferent groups of people.
Femininity/masculinity Femininity:The expected behaviour associated
with being female.
*(weak,emotonal,passive,quiet,dependent,sof)
Masculinity:the expected behaviour associated
with being male.
*(strong,compettve,aggressive,unemotonal,
actve,confident)
Feral children ‘wild’ children who have not been socialised.
(ex;Gini)
Gender/sex Gender:behavioural/cultural diferences between
males and females.Sex:biological diferences
between males and females.
Globalisaton/global culture Globalisaton:the complex process by which
diferent cultures around the world are
increasingly aware of,interact with and infuence
each other.
Global culture:the idea that as a result of
globalisaton there is or will be a single culture
shared by people all around the world.
Hidden curriculum What pupils learn in schools apart from the
content of lessons,such as the importance of
following rules and the consequences of not
doing so.
Imitaton Young children learning by copying the behaviour
of others.
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