In our big world every minute is a lesson looks at intercultural communication and examines how it can affect interactions between people from countries and backgrounds. I think languages and beliefs are always influenced by culture naturally because in any society, culture plays lead role to determine the language and the beliefs of the society.
Is culture static or does it continually change?
Culture is not static - it is constantly changing and responding to shifting environments and circumstances. Within each culture there are many subcultures, which means that many beliefs, values, attitudes and behaviours are not shared amongst all the people from a culture
Subculture
What makes a subculture different from a mainstream culture?
Subculture is a group of people with a set of value whereas a mainstream culture is the core beliefs, values, and behaviours that have been maintained and are accepted by a majority of people.
What does it mean to belong to a subculture?
It is to belong to a group with a set of values and ways of behaving which are distinctive from the generally accepted cultural values of society.
Roles
What could cause role conflict?
Role conflict can have many different effects on the work-life of an individual as well as their family-life. The most commonly noted role conflict is that between work and family..
What impact could role conflict have on a family, a person’s education or a person’s work life?
The that work flexibility is the number one concern for employed females with families and the number two or three issue for employed men with families. Flexibility in the workplace can be a huge relief to a person struggling to balance their career and home-life. Having that control is something that could change the relationship between work and family life to better is able to manage role conflict.
Social Class
How do we judge what social class a person belongs to?
We look at their income and occupation also the way they dress. Some people use fashion and material goods to show off their status.
Explain what sociologists mean by social class? (4 marks)
Social class is having the same social status measured by such things as occupation and income; this has been defined to sociologists.
Gender
Are gender roles changing?
Gender roles can be defined as the behaviours and attitudes expected of male and female members of a society/ by that society. Gender roles vary. Different cultures impose different expectations upon the men and women who live in that culture. These changes in gender roles affect the home, the workplace, and the school. However, gender roles are changing as some women are playing a more dominant role in the house.
What reactions do individual receive when they break gender norms?
Peer pressure can be a reaction towards breaking gender norms, is a means of reinforcing a culture's traditional gender roles. It can come in the form of taunting or teasing a child who does not fit the traditional gender roles that other children in the peer group have been exposed to, even to the point of excluding that child from group activities.
Describe how the sociological idea of gender differs from the biological idea of sex?
(4 marks)
Gender refers to being masculine or feminine (e.g. blue jeans and Spider man for boys but pink dresses and Barbie for girls). Sex refers to biological differences between males and females (e.g. men can grow facial hair and women can bear children).
Explain what sociologists mean by gender socialisation ( 4 marks)
Gender socialisation is defined by sociologists as the patterns of behaviour taught to children and adults in order to help them learn to behave as acceptable females or males. It begins at birth via naming, clothing, and treatment of the infant and it continues to be taught and reinforced throughout life within most social institutions.
Ethnicity
What is the difference between race and ethnicity?
Race is based on the natural and physical differences between people. Whereas, ethnicity is based on the language and culture of an individual.
What is the relationship between ethnicity and culture?
The relationship between ethnicity and culture is the idea that humans can be categorised on the basis of natural/physical characteristics and they share an identity based on their culture/characteristics e.g. religion language
Describe how the sociological idea of ethnicity differs from the biological idea of race? ( 4 marks)
The sociological idea of ethnic group refers to the cultural identity like language, customs or culture. Often refers to nationality. The biological is the physical characteristics like the skin colour to define the race whether the person is black or white.