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This powerpoint is purposefully made for iGCSE Sociology using the most recent Cambridge syllabus.

It fully covers - 2.1 How do we learn our identity?

2.1.1
(a) Society as a product of social construction:
• Culture
• Norms
• Values
• Customs
• Roles
• Status (achieved/ascribed)
• Stereotypes
(b) How these concepts influence individual behaviour and social identity

2.1.2 The social construction of our identity:
• The nature–nurture debate
• The relativity of culture
• Socialisation
• Norms and values

2.1.3 Primary and secondary socialisation:
• Key agencies of socialisation:– family– education– peer group– media– religion – workplace
• The effectiveness of each agency in the socialisation process

2.1.4 Processes used by agencies of socialisation, e.g.:
• Canalisation
• Hidden curriculum
• Media representations
• Peer pressure
• Religious teachings
• Role modelling
• Workplace training

2.1.5 The debate between sociological perspectives and theories on socialisation:
• Consensus and conflict
• Functionalist ideas:– inadequate socialisation– social cohesion/value consensus
• Marxist ideas:– socialisation into capitalist ideology– reproduction of social class
• Feminist ideas:– gender role socialisation into masculinity/femininity