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Socialisation and the Individual

5 dot points, in syllabus order. Each dot point has a focused answer, with exam-style questions and worked answers where available.

How do culture and the process of socialisation shape who we become?

Explain and evaluate how culture is transmitted through primary and secondary socialisation

How culture, norms, values and roles are learned through primary and secondary socialisation, with the nature versus nurture debate, agents of socialisation and Australian examples, for TCE Sociology.

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How is the self and a sense of identity constructed through social interaction?

Explain and evaluate how the self and social identity are constructed through socialisation

How the self and social identity are constructed through socialisation for TCE Sociology, with Mead's I and me, Cooley's looking-glass self, Goffman's presentation of self, and Australian examples of identity.

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How does society persuade and compel individuals to conform?

Explain and evaluate the mechanisms of formal and informal social control

How formal and informal social control, sanctions, the agencies of control and the idea of social order keep individuals conforming, evaluated through functionalist and conflict perspectives with Australian examples, for TCE Sociology.

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What are the different forms of socialisation across the life course?

Explain the meaning of socialisation and distinguish its different forms

The meaning of socialisation and its forms for TCE Sociology: primary, secondary and tertiary socialisation, plus resocialisation, desocialisation and anticipatory socialisation, with Australian examples and named theorists.

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How do the four sociological approaches explain the process of socialisation?

Analyse and evaluate functionalist, conflict, feminist and interactionist explanations of socialisation

The four theoretical explanations of socialisation for TCE Sociology: functionalist, conflict, feminist and interactionist approaches, evaluated against the human agency and free will critique, with Australian examples and named theorists.

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