Identity and culture key terms

4. socialisation which takes place beyond the family and close community, such as through the education stystem or workplace.
8. The language, beliefs, values and norms, roles, knowledge and skills which combine to make up the way of life of any society.
9. refers to a sense of normlessness confusion or uncertainty over social norms - often found in periods of rapid social change.
10. A smaller culture held by a group of people within the main culture of society, in some ways different from main culture, but with many aspects in common.
11. the process of learning the culture of any society.
12. the growing interconnectedness of societies, with the spread of the same culture, consumer goods and economic interests across the globe.
13. the acceptance of a dominant ideology by the rest of society, as a result of the power of the ruling class.

1. social rules which define correct and approved behaviour in a society or group.
2. socialisation in the early years of childhood, carried out by the family.
3. seen as of lasting artistic or literary value aimed at the middle/ upper classes such as the intellectual works of philosophy, history, art.
5. Norms which have existed for a long time.
6. the process leading to the permanent intertwining of the global with the local and the way in which global products might be adapted to fit local cultural needs.
7. general beliefs about what is right or wrong and about the important standards which are worth maintaining and achieving in any society.