Mini-Lesson

Culture, identity & socialisation

This mini-lesson covers Cambridge IGCSE 0495 'Identity: self and society': culture, norms, values and roles; primary and secondary socialisation; agencies of socialisation; and how identity is shaped.

Work through each screen, answer the questions as you go and collect ⭐ stars. Some questions are multiple-choice, some are sort-and-match games, and a few use simple research-methods maths (percentages and sample figures). Press Start when you're ready.

Culture

Culture, norms, values & roles

Culture — a whole way of life.
Norms — rules of behaviour.
Values — shared beliefs.
Roles — expected behaviour of a status.

Quick check

Key term

?Specific rules of behaviour such as queuing are…

Socialisation

Primary & secondary socialisation

Primary — family. Secondary — school, peers, media, religion, work.
Agencies of socialisation teach culture.

Sort it

Sort the agency

Tap an agency, then whether it is primary or secondary (or can be both).

🔁 Either

👶 Primary

🏫 Secondary

Quick check

Socialisation

?Learning norms from teachers, peers and media is…

Identity

Identity, self & society

Identity — shaped by gender, class, ethnicity, age, nationality.
Nature vs nurture — sociologists stress nurture.
Social control — sanctions (positive/negative) reinforce norms.

Calculate

Your turn — percentage

✎In a survey of 200 students, 90 agreed with a statement. What percentage agreed? Give a whole number.

%

Hint: percentage = (part ÷ whole) × 100 = (90 ÷ 200) × 100.

Calculate

Your turn — percentage change

✎An identity-survey index rose from 50 to 72 over ten years. Calculate the percentage increase. Give a whole number.

%

Hint: % change = (change ÷ start) × 100 = ((72 − 50) ÷ 50) × 100.

Match it

Match agency to type

Tap an agency, then its type.

Statement

Answer

Calculate

Your turn — response rate

✎A researcher posts 500 questionnaires and 340 are completed and returned. Calculate the response rate as a percentage. Give a whole number.

%

Hint: response rate = (returned ÷ sent) × 100 = (340 ÷ 500) × 100.

Calculate

Your turn — percentage

✎In a survey of 250 respondents who agreed, 175 agreed with a statement. What percentage agreed? Give a whole number.

%

Hint: percentage = (part ÷ whole) × 100 = (175 ÷ 250) × 100.

Quick check

Nature vs nurture

?Feral child cases suggest human behaviour is mainly…

Calculate

Your turn — sample size

✎A sampling frame lists 600 people. The researcher takes a one-in-four (1/4) sample. How many people are in the sample?

people

Hint: sample = 600 × 0.25.

Quick check

Agency

?Which is an agency of primary socialisation?

Recap

Culture, identity & socialisation — the big ideas

Culture: norms, values, roles

Socialisation: primary (family) + secondary (school, peers, media)

Identity: gender, class, ethnicity, age; nurture over nature

Control: sanctions reinforce norms

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