Cultural Reproduction and Sustaining Traditions Quiz
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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 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is socialisation?

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

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

<p>Schooling (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does cultural reproduction result in?

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

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

<p>Socialisation (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of individuals in cultural reproduction?

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

What factors influence the perpetuation of cultural reproduction?

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

Which sociologist first developed the concept of cultural reproduction?

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

What is diffusion?

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

Who are the most influential enculturating forces in cultural reproduction?

<p>Parents and educators (D)</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 (D)</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 (B)</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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Bourdieu criticize in the education system?

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

What are some of the concepts introduced by Bourdieu?

<p>Symbolic violence, cultural capital, and habitus (D)</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 (C)</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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>It perpetuates social stratification (D)</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 (C)</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 (A)</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 (C)</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 (A)</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 (A)</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 (C)</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 (D)</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 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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