Lesson 01A.3.1

01A.3.1 The concept of identity and how identities are created Quiz: OCR Sociology, Unit 1

20 questions

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The 20 questions

  1. What term describes a person's sense of self and who they believe they are?

    • Socialisation
    • Status
    • Culture
    • Identity

  2. Which type of identity is primarily based on biological sex differences?

    • Class identity
    • Ethnic identity
    • Gender identity
    • National identity

  3. What do sociologists call identity formed through shared cultural heritage and ancestry?

    • Civic identity
    • Class identity
    • Age identity
    • Ethnic identity

  4. Which identity is linked to an individual's economic position in society?

    • Class identity
    • National identity
    • Gender identity
    • Religious identity

  5. What term describes the process of learning the culture of one's society?

    • Labelling
    • Globalisation
    • Socialisation
    • Stratification

  6. Which agency of socialisation is typically considered the most influential in early childhood?

    • Peer group
    • The workplace
    • The family
    • The media

  7. What are shared expectations of behaviour in a given social situation called?

    • Values
    • Mores
    • Roles
    • Norms

  8. What term describes general beliefs about what is desirable and correct in life?

    • Values
    • Symbols
    • Sanctions
    • Norms

  9. Sarah adopts punk fashion and music tastes to fit in with her friends. What is this group called?

    • Workplace
    • Peer group
    • Mass media
    • Nuclear family

  10. John learns expected workplace behaviours during his adult life. What process is this?

    • Secondary socialisation
    • Canalopoiesis
    • Primary socialisation
    • Primary integration

  11. Which sociologist argued that identity is increasingly fluid and chosen in postmodern society?

    • Talcott Parsons
    • Emile Durkheim
    • Zygmunt Bauman
    • Karl Marx

  12. What term describes how media images shape our perceptions of identity?

    • Media representation
    • Economic determinism
    • Social mobility
    • Cultural capital

  13. Which concept suggests identity is fixed by traditional institutions and social structures?

    • Voluntarism
    • Interactionism
    • Postmodernism
    • Structuralism

  14. What do interactionist sociologists emphasise when studying the creation of identity?

    • Class conflict
    • Social labelling
    • Economic structures
    • Biological instincts

  15. Emma feels a strong sense of pride and belonging to the United Kingdom. What identity is this?

    • National identity
    • Global identity
    • Subcultural identity
    • Local identity

  16. What term describes a smaller culture within a wider mainstream culture?

    • Mass culture
    • High culture
    • Subculture
    • Global culture

  17. Which identity dimension relates to an individual's sexual orientation?

    • Nationality
    • Gender
    • Sexuality
    • Ethnicity

  18. What concept suggests that identity today is pieced together from various lifestyle choices?

    • Fixed identity
    • Ascribed status
    • Master status
    • Pick-and-mix identity

  19. What term describes a status that is given to an individual at birth, such as race?

    • Master status
    • Temporary status
    • Achieved status
    • Ascribed status

  20. What term describes a social status that an individual earns through their own efforts?

    • Achieved status
    • Hereditary status
    • Passive status
    • Ascribed status

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