Culture = the way of life in a particular society, includes langauge, religion, customs, behaviour etc. Identity = an individual’s or group’s sense of self Social control = the ways in which people are persuaded or forced to follow the rules, norms and values of society. Social control can be formal or informal Agents of social control are the institutions in society that encourage us to follow the rules, e.g. family, police, schools etc Social differentiation = Class, Age, Gender, Ethnicity (C.A.G.E !) = a broad group of people who share similar economic situations, e.g. occupation, income and wealth. Working = manual jobs Middle class = non-manual are different ways of measuring social class. The class system is the stratification system used in modern Britain, and other industrial societies. You should be aware that there are other systems of stratification : The caste system Feudal estates Apartheid Key terms of Social Stratification : Social mobility = movement up or down the social hierarchy e.g. born into a poor family, but gets a job as a doctor would be upward social mobility Open society = where social mobility is possible Closed = where there is little/no social mobility Status = the different amounts of respect to different positions in society Ascribed status = given to an individual at birth, e.g. age, race, sex. Members of the royal family in Britain have ascribed status.
Culture = the way of life in a particular society, includes langauge, religion, customs, behaviour etc. Identity = an individual’s or group’s sense of self Social control = the ways in which people are persuaded or forced to follow the rules, norms and values of society. Social control can be formal or informal Agents of social control are the institutions in society that encourage us to follow the rules, e.g. family, police, schools etc Social differentiation = Class, Age, Gender, Ethnicity (C.A.G.E !) = a broad group of people who share similar economic situations, e.g. occupation, income and wealth. Working = manual jobs Middle class = non-manual are different ways of measuring social class. The class system is the stratification system used in modern Britain, and other industrial societies. You should be aware that there are other systems of stratification : The caste system Feudal estates Apartheid Key terms of Social Stratification : Social mobility = movement up or down the social hierarchy e.g. born into a poor family, but gets a job as a doctor would be upward social mobility Open society = where social mobility is possible Closed = where there is little/no social mobility Status = the different amounts of respect to different positions in society Ascribed status = given to an individual at birth, e.g. age, race, sex. Members of the royal family in Britain have ascribed status.