What's covered
Key facts
Ethnicity, culture and heritage
Culture is learned from the people around us, not something we are born already knowing.
Gender and identity
Families are usually the first to teach children gender roles, often without meaning to.
Stereotypes and labels
In the UK, the Equality Act 2010 makes some kinds of discrimination against the law.
Subcultures and youth groups
Subcultures give members a feeling of belonging to a group of like-minded people.
What shapes who we are
The family is usually the first and earliest influence on a child's identity.
Ethnicity, culture and heritage
Diversity means the range of differences between people, such as background, culture and beliefs.
Gender and identity
The media, like TV and adverts, often shows narrow pictures of how men and women should be.
Stereotypes and labels
A label is a word people use to define someone, which can stick and shape how others treat them.
Subcultures and youth groups
Belonging to a youth subculture can give a young person a sense of identity.
What shapes who we are
Four main influences shape our identity: family, friends (peers), school and the media.
Sample questions
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What does ethnicity mean?
- •A person's skin colour and physical appearance only
- ✓Belonging to a group sharing ancestry, language, religion or culture
- •The amount of money a family passes down over time
- •The country shown on someone's passport at birth
What does the term 'biological sex' refer to?
- •The friends a person chooses to spend time with
- •The job a person decides to do as an adult
- ✓The physical body features someone is born with
- •The way society expects men and women to behave
Which best describes a stereotype?
- •A detailed fact proven true about every single person
- •A law that protects people from being treated unfairly
- •A polite compliment you give to someone you admire
- ✓A simplified, fixed idea about a whole group of people
What is a subculture?
- •A group that follows exactly the same tastes as everyone else
- ✓A group whose style, music and interests differ from mainstream culture
- •A law that controls what young people can wear
- •A school subject about music and fashion
Which best describes socialisation?
- •Being born already knowing all of society's rules
- •Choosing to ignore the rules that other people follow
- •Forgetting the habits you learned as a young child
- ✓Learning the values, rules and behaviour of society around us
What does it mean to describe Britain as a multicultural country?
- •Everyone living there shares exactly the same culture and beliefs
- ✓It is home to people from many different ethnic and cultural backgrounds
- •Only people born in Britain are allowed to live there
- •People are made to give up their own traditions to fit in
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