Sociology 1021E Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: The Strongest, Ethnocentrism, Sociobiology
5 Oct 2018
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How we define culture: shared beliefs, traditions, value. In studying culture, we must consider culture (the majority of the population that shares values, norms, language) but also take into account sub culture. (minorites, etc. ) Culture is the means humans use to solve the challenges of life. > belonging to a culture provides us with a feeling of safety. At the root of culture is solving problems of meaning. > the smallest culture we can see in being a part of your family. Individual family (nuclear families), and extended family. (you feel safe in your family; you can freely express your emotions and feel safe in the environment they occupy. ) > example: if you were in china and you had no idea where to go and what to do and you found another. Canadian who spoke english then (cid:455)ou(cid:859)re fi(cid:374)di(cid:374)g the solutio(cid:374) i(cid:374) (cid:272)ulture (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the(cid:455) (cid:272)a(cid:374) help (cid:455)ou a(cid:374)d make you feel less alone.
