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GCSE Sociology · key term
How a person sees themselves and how others see them.
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Paper 1, Paper 2
How someone sees themselves and how others see them, shaped by factors such as gender, ethnicity, religion and social class.
Revise: Crime and deviance key termsOther identities, such as employee, friend or parent, are pushed into the background. Stereotypes can then encourage assumptions that the person is untrustworthy or likely to offend again. This creates social stigma and may lead to exclusion.
Component 1, Component 2
Link each example to identity formation: explain what it suggests about inherited characteristics or learned behaviour.
Avoid treating a culture as uniform: people within the same society can have different beliefs, experiences and identities.
Explain a chain: agent → message or practice → how it is learned → effect on identity. Naming an agent alone does not explain cultural transmission.
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Identity refers to how people see themselves and how others see them. It can be shaped by family, gender, ethnicity, social class, religion and age, as well as by roles and status.
A person's sense of who they are, including their characteristics, social roles and group memberships.
How a person sees themselves and how others see them, including their sense of belonging to social groups.
