1. Chapter 8 Cultural and Social Factors
8.1 social aspects
8.2 social groupings
8.1 Social aspects
Leisure time – the time you have at your diposal, you choose what you do
o Factors affecting
o Higher levels of unemployment- time becomes available
o Shorter working week- early finishes allow more available
o Part time / shift work – at any time during the day some people
have leisure time
o Technological advances
• labour saving devices(washing machines)
• Internet allows people to work from home
User groups
• Mothers and toddlers
• Unemployed people
• Shift worker
Fairness
This includes etiquette (unwritten rules of any activity)
Not trying to bend the rules
Responding positively to officials in charge
Playing fairly and safely
8.2 Social groupings
• Peers
Peer group- people of the same age and gender
Peer group pressure – where the peer group try to persuade an individual to follow there lead
• Family
Positive and negative effects
• Gender
• Ethnicity
Ethnic- a group of people with a common cultural or national tradition
