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Component 1: Socialisation and Culture (Section A)
Quick questions on Culture, norms and values - Eduqas A-Level Sociology Component 1
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What is types of culture?Show answer
Sociologists distinguish several kinds of culture, and being able to define and contrast them is a reliable source of marks:
What is culture as socially constructed?Show answer
The key sociological claim is that culture is not natural or instinctive but socially constructed and learned. Evidence comes from cultural diversity: the huge variation in norms, family forms and beliefs between societies shows there is no single "human" way of living. This leads to cultural relativism, the principle that a culture should be understood by its own standards rather than judged against another, which guards against ethnocentrism (assuming one's own culture is superior or normal).
What is q1?Show answer
Explain the difference between norms and values, using an example of each. [6 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Analyse two reasons why sociologists argue that culture is socially constructed rather than natural. [12 marks]
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