Culture and Socialisation
Class 11 · Sociology · 11 Questions
What in your mind is the most effective agent of socialisation for your generation? How do you think it was different before?
Discuss how natural settings affect culture
Do you notice anything in Malinowski's definition that is missing in Tylor's?
Can you identify any instance where you felt that what you learnt from the family was at variance from your peer group or may be media or even school?
How does the understanding of culture in social science differ from the everyday use of the word 'culture'?
How can we demonstrate that the different dimensions of culture comprise a whole?
Compare two cultures with which you are familiar. Is it difficult not to be ethnocentric?
Discuss two different approaches to studying cultural change.
Try comparing these definitions to see which of these or which combination of these you find most satisfactory.
Make a list of phrases you have heard containing the word 'culture'. Ask your friends and family what they mean by culture. What criteria do they use to distinguish among cultures?
Do you think these new forms impact our attention span and cognitive culture?