cultural transmission

• what is sociology?

  • sociology is about understanding and explaining what is going on in society and between people
  • sociologists try to support their ideas with evidence
• culture


  • refers to the shared way of life of a society or a group within society
  • includes norms, values, language, religion and arts and fashions
• values


  what is considered important within society
• status


  the amount of respect or the position within society that someone has
• roles


  identifiable parts within society that we play in our lives
• what is the nature/nurture debate?

  • the ‘nature versus nurture’ debate refers to whether human behaviour is natural or learned, and to how much our identities are ‘innate’ and how much they are developed by our interactions with other people and the wider world
  • supporters of the ‘nature’ side stress the significance of what we are born with and inherit in our genetic make-up
  • the ‘nurture’ side stresses that it is how we are brought up that influences our behaviour
• socialisation

  • how we learn norms and values
  • primary socialisation - parents, family and friends
  • secondary socialisation - school, media
• agents of socialisation

  • school
• agents of socialisation

  • school
  • media
  • religion