SOCI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: English Alphabet, Ethnocentrism
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Culture is shared common habits and behavioral patterns among a group of people. Material culture: material objects and items that belong to a group of people: examples: food, clothing, cars, buildings, etc. Nonmaterial culture: ideas, beliefs, and attitudes of a society: examples: united states values competition, capitalism, and democracy. Ethnocentrism is the judging of another culture based off one"s own culture. This allows people to become bias, and overlook the uniqueness of the other culture. It also allows people to see the positive and negative aspects of their own culture compared to another one. When a person is confronted with another culture and becomes frustrated, they experience cultural shock. People are presented with a culture that is totally different from theirs, it can overcome them. Values: culture"s standard determining what is right and what is wrong in society. Beliefs: what people hold or accept to be true.
