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Which sociologist first developed the concept of cultural reproduction?

  • Max Weber
  • Emile Durkheim
  • Karl Marx
  • Pierre Bourdieu (correct)

    • What is cultural reproduction?

  • The process of creating new cultural forms
  • The process of eradicating cultural practices
  • The process of challenging existing cultural values
  • The process of passing on cultural norms from generation to generation (correct)

    • What is social reproduction?

  • The process of creating new social structures
  • The process of transferring aspects of society intergenerationally (correct)
  • The process of challenging existing social norms
  • The process of eradicating social classes

    • Which of the following is NOT a way in which cultural reproduction can take place?

    <p>Formal instruction in courses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is socialisation?

    <p>The process of transferring cultural norms within a society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main mechanism of cultural reproduction in modern societies?

    <p>Schooling</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does cultural reproduction result in?

    <p>Social reproduction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process of transferring cultural norms between individuals called?

    <p>Socialisation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of individuals in cultural reproduction?

    <p>To transmit cultural norms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What factors influence the perpetuation of cultural reproduction?

    <p>Location, awareness, and intention</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which sociologist first developed the concept of cultural reproduction?

    <p>Pierre Bourdieu</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is enculturation?

    <p>The learning experience when the older generation invites the younger generation to adopt traditional ways of thinking and behaving</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is diffusion?

    <p>The dispersion of cultural norms and behaviors between unrelated groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who are the most influential enculturating forces in cultural reproduction?

    <p>Parents and educators</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Bourdieu criticize in his analysis of cultural reproduction?

    <p>The economic factors given primacy in Marxist analyses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is symbolic violence according to Bourdieu?

    <p>The capacity to ignore or misrecognize the predictability of the social order</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Bourdieu believe determines one's life chances in prosperous societies?

    <p>High social class and educational credentials</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Bourdieu criticize in the education system?

    <p>The conservation of social hierarchies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are some of the concepts introduced by Bourdieu?

    <p>Symbolic violence, cultural capital, and habitus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Pierre Bourdieu's theory of cultural reproduction concerned with?

    <p>The link between original class membership and ultimate class membership</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Bourdieu's theory, what is the primary factor that determines what is taught to younger generations?

    <p>Cultural capital</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of cultural reproduction in maintaining social stratification?

    <p>It perpetuates social stratification</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Alice Sullivan, what are the three fundamental propositions of the theory of cultural reproduction?

    <p>Parental cultural capital is inherited by children; children's cultural capital is converted into educational credentials; and educational credentials are a major mechanism of social reproduction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the concept of the hidden curriculum in education?

    <p>The curriculum that is not directly taught but is acquired through socialization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Parsonian functionalism, what is the function of education?

    <p>To provide individuals with necessary values and attitudes for future work</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between educational attainment and workforce participation according to the text?

    <p>Educational attainment strongly correlates to workforce participation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the competing ideologies and explanations discussed in the text?

    <p>The theory of cultural capital accumulation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Bourdieu, who can acquire knowledge in relation to the way it is taught from within the cultural system?

    <p>Only members of the dominant culture</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary means through which education determines an individual's social status, class, values, and hierarchy?

    <p>The distribution of cultural capital</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main reason why schools in capitalist societies require a method of stratification?

    <p>To maintain social stratification</p> Signup and view all the answers

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