Sociology unit 1 mock

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Culture

Quantitative

Polygamy

Durkheim

What is meant by identity?

How we see ourselves and others we us

Socialised into gender and social class as children

Explain what is meant by gender

The norms and characteristics associated with being male or female

Gender is not the same as biological sex

Children socialised into gender roles

Dressed in certain colours or styles to identify as boy or girl

how do schools pass on gender identity’s

More female role models, hidden curriculum gives girls aspirations

Boys dominate at school, not expected to behave the same as girls

Why do society’s have sanctions?

To ensure people follow rules, would be chaos without

How do the family teach the culture if their society?

Parents act as role models for children to copy, teaches future aspirations

Parents using sanctions to teach children norms, rewarding children for keeping to rules

Difference between formal and informal sanctions

Formal sanctions are controlled by the government and could include the police arresting people.

Informal sanctions are controlled by family and friends and could include grounding children or removing a phone

What is an extended family?

Other relatives outside if the nuclear family living together or nearby

Extended vertically by children, parents and grandparents

Explain how the uk is a child centred society

Small families

Short worker hours

Increased living standards

More children’s rights

Why is there less children being born in the uk ?

Changes in norms

Change in position of women

Decline in religion

Increase in divorce

one material factor that affects education

Amount of money a family has, less equipment for child’s learning at home

Functionalist views on education

Education provides valuable function

Prep for work

Social cohesion

Needs of economy

Reasons for Boys underachieving in the school

A rise in feminism

Less male role models in school

Feminisation of schools benefits girls

Labelling children as failures

Self fulfilling prophecy

Poverty

Parental encouragement

Attendance

Primary data

Researchers collecting data themselves, questionnaires

Advantages of questionnaires

Cheap

No interviewers to pay

Can be completes online

Observation

First hand in natural setting

Developing relationships

Takes a long time

Overt observation, changes behaviour