Zusammenfassung der Ressource
IDENTITY
- CLASS
- Identity is who you are. It is a combination of things you are born with
and social constructs. Identity can be narrowed to seven key parts: Class,
Age, Gender, Ethnicity, Sexuality, National Identity and hybrid identity. All
of this contributes to your identity. It's how other people view you.
- Identity is a studied exclusively by social action
theorists. This is because SA believe that the individual
shapes society and thus is important.
- AGE
- GENDER
- GENDER is a social construct. It was created to set
labels, norms, and values. Aforementioned norms and
values have now been dubbed 'gender roles' and the
definition of gender roles has changed over time
- ETHNICITY
- NATIONAL IDENTITY
- HYBRID IDENTITY
- SEXUALITY
- On the other hand, culture is a
way of life. It is a combination of
norms, values, beliefs, etc.
- Culture is studied by structuralists. This is because
structuralists believe society shapes the individual and
thus the individal isn't important, it's the whole social
group.
- BACKGROUND NOTES
- THE LABELLING THEORY - This is the theory that society creates
labels to categorise individuals and shape a person's 'self.' The
self is socially constructed and reconstructed through
interactions with the community. Humans are aware of how
others perceive them and desire to be accepted. They therefore
go against any behaviours labelled as deviant. In other cases, to
fit in with a select subculture or group, the individual may label
themselves as part of that group.