 What is popular culture? Q1

 Refers to cultural products produced for sale to the mass of ordinary people. These involve mass produced standardized short-lived products of no lasting value

 What are the four different types of identity? Q2

 What is a stigmatised identity? Q3

 Refers to an identity that is in some way undesirable or demeaning and excludes people from full acceptance in society

 What is secondary socialisation? Q4

 Refers to the socialisation which takes place outside the family and occurs instead in schools, media, friends and religious institutions

 Identify the 5 distinct areas of secondary socialisation Q5

 The education system  Peer group  Workplace  The mass media  Religious institutions

 What does Jenkins (1996) argue about the socialisation and the social construction of self and identity? Q6

 Jenkins argues that identities are formed in the socialisation process

 How does Mead see the identities of individuals? Q7

 Mead sees the identities of individuals as being in a state of flux. This is because they are changing and developing all the time as they go through daily life.

 Identify one criticism of structural approaches and one criticism of social action approaches Q8

 Criticisms of structural approaches fail to recognise: free will; choice; challenges; disobedience  Criticisms of social action approaches include: not enough emphasis is placed on power inequalities; power of social institutions; social etiquette; need to work/earn money;

 What does Bourdieu mean by ‘habitus’? Q9

 Habitus is the cultural possessed by a social class, into which people are socialized, which influences their cultural choices and tastes

 What does Bourdieu mean by cultural capital? Q10

 Cultural capital is the education, knowledge, language, attitudes and values possessed by the upper and upper middle-class

 Identify one key aspect of the new working-class Q11

 Home-centred lifestyle, with no involvement with neighbours and wider community  Work is for making money not friends or identity  No loyalty to their class  Women more likely to be in paid employment

 What type of approach is Cooley’s?  What did he mean by the concept of ‘looking-glass self’?  1 mark for each point Q12

 Social action approach  The ‘looking-glass self’ is the idea that our image of ourselves is reflected back to us (like a mirror) in the view of others Answer

 What term did Bourdieu come up with when referring to the cultural framework and set of ideas possessed by a social class, into which people are socialised, initially by their families and which ultimately influence their cultural tastes and choices?  2 marks Question 13

 Habitus Answer

Future time orientation and deferred gratification are two ideas which separate the middle-class from the working-class. 1.What are future time orientation and deferred gratification? 2.Which of the two social-class identified in the question have the above? Question 14

 Planning for the future  Putting off today’s pleasures for tomorrow’s gains  Middle-class Answer

 Which social-class has the following: 1.Men are seen as breadwinners, women mainly housewives 2.Getting a job with a skill and earning money, far more important than education and qualifications 3.A strong commitment to old Labour Party Question 15

 Traditional working class Answer

 Define gender identity and provide one example Question 16

 Refers to how people see themselves and how others see them in terms of their gender roles and biological sex Answer

 In relation to gender and identity what did Mead (2001) uncover? Question 17

 She found from studying tribe in New Guinea that masculine and feminine characteristics are not based on biological differences but are a reflection of cultural conditioning within different societies. Therefore these differences are seen to be socially constructed. Answer

 What did Connell (1995) mean by the term ‘hegemonic identity’? Question 18

 Hegemonic identity is one that is so dominant that it makes if difficult for individuals to assert different identities Answer

 What does the statement ‘the social construction of hegemonic gender identities through primary socialization Question 19

 This means parents and relatives tend to hold stereotyped views of typical characteristics of boys and girls which are used as norms when socialising their children Answer

 While keeping the last question and answer in mind, what are the four process Oakley identified are evident during primary socialisation? Question 20

 Manipulation  Canalization  Verbal appellations  Differential activity exposure Answer

 What do you understand by the term new man? Question 21

 Is a man who is seen to be more caring, sharing, gentle, emotional etc

 What is diaspora? Q22

 Diaspora is the dispersal of an ethnic population from its original homeland and its spreading out across the world while retaining cultural ties to the nation of origin

 What is a hybrid identity? Q23

 A hybrid identity is a new identity formed from a mix of two or more other identities

What is ethnocentrism? Q24

 Ethnocentrism is a view of the world in which other cultures are seen through the eyes of one’s own culture

 What is nationality? Q25

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