social & culture

• The social construction of culture:

  • definition of culture as a way of life and of terms such as norms values beliefs, roles, status.
• The social construction of culture:

  • aspects of culture such as dress, language, music and food.
• The social construction of culture:

  • meaning of the social construction of culture such as feral children, social change nature vs nurture debate.
  • cultural diversity and subculture/s.
• The process and agencies of socialisation:

  • The process of primary and secondary socialisation through role models, imitation, sanctions and processes linked to specific agencies of socialisation.
• The process and agencies of socialisation:

  • the process of cultural transmission through primary socialisation- families.
  • The process of cultural transmission through secondary socialisation- peers, education, religion, the media and work.
  • Formal/informal social control.
• Examples of the influence of socialisation on identity:

  • identity: personal and social
  • gender
  • class
  • ethnicity
  • nationality