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Unit 2: Culture, Identity and Socialisation Objectives At the end of this unit you should be able to: ■
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understand the key terms culture, norms, values, roles, beliefs and identity, appreciate that these are social constructions and understand how they influence human behaviour understand the terms conformity and non-conformity and how agencies of social control work know examples of rewards and sanctions applied in different societies and organisations explain the nature of sub-cultures and how these impact on consensus and conflict describe and account for diversity and variations in human behaviour and culture, including issues related to cultural relativism and multiculturalism
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assess the view that globalisation is creating a global culture explain the ways in which childhood is socially constructed describe the processes of learning and socialisation, both primary and secondary explain the different agencies of socialisation and their impact on individuals, including the consequences of inadequate socialisation assess the different views in the nature/nurture debate assess role, age, gender, ethnic group and class as influences on social identity.