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31 Cards in this Set
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Ascribed Status |
Position in society shaped by the inheritance they recieved i.e Royal Family |
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Culture |
All behaviour learnt through socialisation. Made up of society's norms and values i.e High Culture |
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Deviance |
Behaviour that does goes against the norm or a set of values that are accepted by a significant number of people in a community or society |
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Identity |
person's idea of who they are |
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Role |
behaviour that is expected of someone based on his or her position in society |
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Values |
fundamental beliefs that are understood by the community or society and ripped general principles for human behaviour |
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Subculture |
Values, attitudes, behaviour and lifestyles of a social group that is distinct from but related to the dominant or mainstream culture i.e New Wave Girls (Youth Subculture) |
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Achieved Status |
Position in society shaped by their successful efforts of life i.e Alan sugar |
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Minority Group |
Collection of people smaller than the dominant group in society |
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Discrimination |
Treat someone differently because of their sex, race, religion etc |
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White Masks |
Something a person in an ethnic minority use in order to fit in with white people. Seen as a temporary identity |
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Cultural Diversity |
Society made up of different ethnic communities |
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Race |
Refers to a person's biological classification usually based on skin colour |
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Racism |
Hatred, bad feeling between ethnic groups; belief that one ethnic group is more superior than the other |
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Institutional Racism |
Racist assumptions that are built into the everyday practices and routines of the organisation |
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Hyper-ethnicity |
An ethnic identity that is exaggerated to an extreme: when someone makes a special effort to express their ethnic identity. i.e wearing dreadlocks |
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Hybrid Identity |
the influence of one culture on another culture: mixture of two cultures |
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Multiculturalism |
Different ethnic groups live side by side in a society |
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Ethnicity |
A concept that refers to common cultural traditions of a group of people |
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Code Switching |
When someone changes from one set of norms and values to another set, depending on the social situation they are in |
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Prejudice |
To have bias: literally pre-judge someone/something without full examination |
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Integration |
Adding one culture within a culture, not the same as assimilation because the "new" culture doesn't change |
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Assimilation |
Shedding old ethnic values and converting to new values of the host society |
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Hybrid Language |
Mixing two or more languages together |
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Devolution |
When political power is passed down to a local level |
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Rites of Passage |
Rituals/ Ceremonies that mark the change in age for an individual. i.e Bar Mitzvah |
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Social Construction |
( GIDDENS ) Meaning of age, different groups of age i.e baby, child, youth, - middle aged, elderly |
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Hegemonic Masculinity |
(CONNELL) Dominant form of masculinity in the UK - Breadwinner, Head of Household, Men are not expected to display emotion |
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Complicit Masculinity |
Believe women should be breadwinners themselves ore that men should be more active in childcare. |
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Subordinated Masculinity |
Men who are low in rank and status that they are not considered 'real men' Mainly refers to homosexuality. |
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Marginalised Masculinity |
The decline of manufactoring employment has led to some men losing their traditional sense of who they are what their role is in society. |
