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Culture - ANSWER💫✔️--Refers to the whole way of life of a society and includes values, morals, beliefs,
knowledge, norms, traditions, music, language, and fashion.
Values - ANSWER💫✔️--Strong principles or beliefs.
Norms - ANSWER💫✔️--Social rules/expectation that govern social behaviour and are often a reflection
of values.
Subculture - ANSWER💫✔️--A minority group of people who share distinctive norms, values & beliefs.
These can be based on age, ethnicity or religion (for example).
Culturally diverse - ANSWER💫✔️--Societies that contain a variety of cultural or ethnic groups.
High Culture - ANSWER💫✔️--Cultural products and activities that are allocated high status superior to
other activities.
,Popular Culture - ANSWER💫✔️--Activities that are enjoyed by the masses.
Global Culture - ANSWER💫✔️--Products and services that are produced and marketed globally by
transnational cooperations (E.g. Coca-Cola).
Transational Corporations - ANSWER💫✔️--Large companies who conduct their business in various parts
of the world (E.g. UK is a global society as we consume films, food, music etc from all over the world).
Identity - ANSWER💫✔️--How we see ourselves and how others us/you.
Cultural Diversity - ANSWER💫✔️--Refers to the existence of variety of cultural or ethnic groups within a
society.
Intercultural Divesity - ANSWER💫✔️--Cultures that differ from one to another in terms of their values
and norms. What is considered normal in one society may be considered offensive in another.
Intracultural Diversity - ANSWER💫✔️--Refers to the fact that the UK has become a more culturally
diverse society where different ethnicities and religions are widely accepted.
Multicultural - ANSWER💫✔️--Containing and tolerating a diversity of ethnic groups living alongside each
other.
Hybrid - ANSWER💫✔️--A cross between 2 or more things.
Cultural Hybridity - ANSWER💫✔️--When cultures mix and integrate. For example, British culture is
influenced by English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish regional cultures, but is also influenced by aspects of
ethnic minorities and global culture. This is evident through immigration. Examples include how we fist-
bump which was traditionally seen in black culture, white peers mat be seen wearing hem a tattoos;
"Braisians"
, The Peer Group - ANSWER💫✔️--Refers to a group of people that are similarly aged, and are often found
in schools. They can be friendships or subcultures.
Tony Sewell - ANSWER💫✔️--Observed that people want to spend their free time in 'cultural comfort
zones', in which they prefer to hang around with those that are from similar backgrounds. Fo example,
he found that African-Caribbean boys preferred to socialise with other Black boys rather than middle-
class White boys.
Young - ANSWER💫✔️--Argues that the mass media created a 'bulimic' society in which advertising in the
media focused on celebrity culture and rewards which has encouraged people to worship money and
materialism. This has created a culture of ENVY in which those from deprived backgrounds commit
crime (such as drug dealing) to obtain the materialistic goods that symbolises 'success'.
Secularisation - ANSWER💫✔️--Refers to the decline in religion in which religious practices and beliefs
have become less significant in society and the power and influence of religion.
The visible/formal curriculum - ANSWER💫✔️--Refers to the academic subjects that are taught in school,
in which there are formal exams to gain qualifications. Highly valued by British culture.
The hidden curriculum - ANSWER💫✔️--The informal and unofficial aspects of culture that children are
taught in school. These are routines and organisations of schools, classrooms in which teaching shape
the behaviour of those at school. For example, disciplinary sanctions produce conformity.
Canteen culture - ANSWER💫✔️--A concept that refers to the attitudes and values exhibited by the police
in their off duty socialising. This was the normalisation of racist attitudes which contributes to the police
stereotyping.
The nature/nurture debate - ANSWER💫✔️--The academic argument between sociologists who believe
that human behaviour is largely the product of nature (particularly peoples genetic make up) and the
argument you that the society/social environment in which the individual lives is more important in
nurturing and shaping human behaviour.
Nature - ANSWER💫✔️--Sociolobiologists claim that people inherit characteristics such as intelligence,
personality, gendered behaviour, aggressive tendencies etc. For example, many sociologists believe that
males and females are made in masculine or feminine ways because of hormonal differences
Culture - ANSWER💫✔️--Refers to the whole way of life of a society and includes values, morals, beliefs,
knowledge, norms, traditions, music, language, and fashion.
Values - ANSWER💫✔️--Strong principles or beliefs.
Norms - ANSWER💫✔️--Social rules/expectation that govern social behaviour and are often a reflection
of values.
Subculture - ANSWER💫✔️--A minority group of people who share distinctive norms, values & beliefs.
These can be based on age, ethnicity or religion (for example).
Culturally diverse - ANSWER💫✔️--Societies that contain a variety of cultural or ethnic groups.
High Culture - ANSWER💫✔️--Cultural products and activities that are allocated high status superior to
other activities.
,Popular Culture - ANSWER💫✔️--Activities that are enjoyed by the masses.
Global Culture - ANSWER💫✔️--Products and services that are produced and marketed globally by
transnational cooperations (E.g. Coca-Cola).
Transational Corporations - ANSWER💫✔️--Large companies who conduct their business in various parts
of the world (E.g. UK is a global society as we consume films, food, music etc from all over the world).
Identity - ANSWER💫✔️--How we see ourselves and how others us/you.
Cultural Diversity - ANSWER💫✔️--Refers to the existence of variety of cultural or ethnic groups within a
society.
Intercultural Divesity - ANSWER💫✔️--Cultures that differ from one to another in terms of their values
and norms. What is considered normal in one society may be considered offensive in another.
Intracultural Diversity - ANSWER💫✔️--Refers to the fact that the UK has become a more culturally
diverse society where different ethnicities and religions are widely accepted.
Multicultural - ANSWER💫✔️--Containing and tolerating a diversity of ethnic groups living alongside each
other.
Hybrid - ANSWER💫✔️--A cross between 2 or more things.
Cultural Hybridity - ANSWER💫✔️--When cultures mix and integrate. For example, British culture is
influenced by English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish regional cultures, but is also influenced by aspects of
ethnic minorities and global culture. This is evident through immigration. Examples include how we fist-
bump which was traditionally seen in black culture, white peers mat be seen wearing hem a tattoos;
"Braisians"
, The Peer Group - ANSWER💫✔️--Refers to a group of people that are similarly aged, and are often found
in schools. They can be friendships or subcultures.
Tony Sewell - ANSWER💫✔️--Observed that people want to spend their free time in 'cultural comfort
zones', in which they prefer to hang around with those that are from similar backgrounds. Fo example,
he found that African-Caribbean boys preferred to socialise with other Black boys rather than middle-
class White boys.
Young - ANSWER💫✔️--Argues that the mass media created a 'bulimic' society in which advertising in the
media focused on celebrity culture and rewards which has encouraged people to worship money and
materialism. This has created a culture of ENVY in which those from deprived backgrounds commit
crime (such as drug dealing) to obtain the materialistic goods that symbolises 'success'.
Secularisation - ANSWER💫✔️--Refers to the decline in religion in which religious practices and beliefs
have become less significant in society and the power and influence of religion.
The visible/formal curriculum - ANSWER💫✔️--Refers to the academic subjects that are taught in school,
in which there are formal exams to gain qualifications. Highly valued by British culture.
The hidden curriculum - ANSWER💫✔️--The informal and unofficial aspects of culture that children are
taught in school. These are routines and organisations of schools, classrooms in which teaching shape
the behaviour of those at school. For example, disciplinary sanctions produce conformity.
Canteen culture - ANSWER💫✔️--A concept that refers to the attitudes and values exhibited by the police
in their off duty socialising. This was the normalisation of racist attitudes which contributes to the police
stereotyping.
The nature/nurture debate - ANSWER💫✔️--The academic argument between sociologists who believe
that human behaviour is largely the product of nature (particularly peoples genetic make up) and the
argument you that the society/social environment in which the individual lives is more important in
nurturing and shaping human behaviour.
Nature - ANSWER💫✔️--Sociolobiologists claim that people inherit characteristics such as intelligence,
personality, gendered behaviour, aggressive tendencies etc. For example, many sociologists believe that
males and females are made in masculine or feminine ways because of hormonal differences
