Sociology - Working class subcultures

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A mini quiz on the working class subculture and its key features that were identified by Sugarman
Jade Allan
Quiz by Jade Allan, updated more than 1 year ago
Jade Allan
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Question 1

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What is a subculture?
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  • A group whose attitudes and values differ from those within a mainstream culture.
  • A subculture is the main attitudes and values of people within mainstream culture.

Question 2

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Who identified the key features of the working class subculture
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  • Hyman
  • Sugarman
  • Parsons
  • Durkheim

Question 3

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How many key features of the working class subculture did Sugarman identify?
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  • 3
  • 2
  • 4
  • 5

Question 4

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What are the 4 key features of the working class subculture?
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  • Fatalism, Culturally deprived, Lack of ambition, Present time orientation
  • Present time orientation, Age, Collectivism, Material deprivation
  • Fatalism, collectivism, immediate gratification, present time orientation

Question 5

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Fatalism is the belief that whatever happens in life cannot be changed and that it has happened for a reason.
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  • True
  • False

Question 6

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What does collectivism mean?
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  • Collectivism refers to the fact that the subculture is together.
  • Collectivism refers to how those within the subculture share the same view.
  • Collectivism refers to how the working-class within the subcultures prefer to be within a group, rather than to succeed alone.

Question 7

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Immediate gratification refers to how the working class prefer to finish their education at their GCSE'S instead of going to college
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  • True
  • False

Question 8

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What is meant by the term present time orientation?
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  • Present time orientation refers to how the working class want to live in the moment.
  • Present time orientation refers to how the working class see present time as more important than the future.
  • Present time orientation refers to how the working class spend all their money at once instead of saving up.
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