| What is socialisation ? | The social process that individuals go through when learning the way of life of a society (our norms and values) |
| What are the 5 agents of socialisation? | Family, Education, Media,Workplace, Friends, Religion |
| Define primary socialisation | Your first experiences with language, values and beliefs. It begins at birth and occurs within the home. |
| What does parsons argue? | We are socialised into gendered family roles which are crucial. |
| Define secondary socialisation | Starts when children begin to be more independent, usually at the point of beginning full time education. e.g. school. More multidimensional. Gender class, religion and politics. |
| What study shows how we are socialised by our peer groups? | Lees - boys seen as heroic for sleeping around where as girls were name called slags and sluts for the exact same behaviour. |
| What is the role of education in society? | Everyone learns the formal curriculum. |
| What is the formal curriculum? | The curriculum everyone must learn at school and is dictated by the government and monitored by OFSTED. |
| What is the hidden curriculum? | Responsible for teaching the everyday rules and regulations of school life. E.g teaching children how to be competitive by playing quizzes in lesson. |
| Who claims there is a 'male gaze' and what is it? | Mulvey suggests that the camera in films 'eyes up' female characters encouraging viewers to access their bodies and attractiveness from a male perspective. |
| What does Bordieu argue primary socialisation provides us with? | cultural capital |
| What is parsons argument developed? | Men have an instrumental role and women have a more expressive role. |
