Socialisation and Culture overview quiz - WJEC A-Level Sociology quiz

The biologically inherited instincts shared by all human beings from birth

The shared, learned way of life of a group: its norms, values and customs

The natural environment and climate in which a society happens to be located

The total amount of wealth and property owned by the members of a society

A norm is a general belief about what matters; a value is a specific rule

A norm is biological; a value is always written down as a formal law

A norm is a specific rule for a situation; a value is a general belief about what is important

There is no difference; the two terms mean exactly the same thing

In the family during early childhood

In the workplace during adulthood

In the peer group during adolescence

In the media throughout the life course

The fact that all humans have the same basic biological needs

The fact that gender roles and values vary between different cultures

The fact that some abilities seem to run in families

The fact that humans share most of their DNA with each other

Formal control uses approval and ridicule; informal control uses written laws

Formal control only applies to children; informal control only applies to adults

Formal control uses written rules and official sanctions; informal control uses unwritten expectations and reactions

There is no real difference between the two types of social control

Marxism

Radical feminism

Functionalism

Interactionism

Ruling-class ideas presented as common sense that legitimate inequality

The shared values that genuinely benefit every member of society equally

The individual meanings people attach to their everyday interactions

The fluid, fragmented identities of the postmodern consumer society

Liberal feminism

Radical feminism

Marxist feminism

Postmodern feminism

The organic analogy comparing society to a living body

The correspondence principle linking school to the workplace

Labelling and the self-fulfilling prophecy

The reserve army of labour

Youth cultures

Education

Families and households

Mass media

Three different shifts worked by factory employees each day

Women doing paid work, housework and emotional work

The three stages of primary, secondary and tertiary socialisation

The movement of families through three generations over time

A sudden economic crisis that frightens investors and the public

The media amplifying a group's deviance and labelling them as folk devils

A religious revival that increases attendance at places of worship

A natural disaster that disrupts the normal functioning of society

The timetabled subjects that pupils are formally taught and examined on

Secret lessons taught only to the most able pupils in a school

The implicit lessons of school life, such as obedience and punctuality

The private tuition some families pay for outside of school hours

Material deprivation and a lack of cultural capital

Teacher labelling and streaming within the school

The feminisation of the education system

An ethnocentric curriculum that ignores some pupils

The process by which religion gains social and political power

The process by which religion loses its social significance

The merging of different religions into a single global faith

The growth of new religious movements in modern society

Preferred reading

Negotiated reading

Oppositional reading

Passive reading