Sociology

• Culture


  The whole way of life of a society, including its non-natural, non-biological aspects that are socially learned
• Culture refers to all that is learned from others in society
• Socialisation


  Teaching and learning cultural rules in order to take one's place successfully in society
• Ascribed status


  Social position or role given to individuals usually by inheritance or biology, e.g. gender, ethnicity
• Achieved status


  Social position or role that individuals attain through their own efforts, e.g. through education, jobs, achievements
• Role


  The set of norms and expectations imposed on individuals of a certain status in society
• Identity


  Our sense of self, including how we see ourselves and how we think others see and judge us
• Identity is made up of two components - how we see ourselves and how others see us
• Identity involves some choice on our part as we often actively identify with certain groups