SOCIOL 1Z03 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Cultural Universal, Focus 3, Olfaction

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 1Z03
• Professor: Lina Samuel

Document Summary

Bound with material culture: non-material culture: the intangible and abstract components of a society, including values and norms (ie. language). Bound with material culture: values: shared beliefs about ideal goals and behaviors. Standard for social life. (ie. what defines as beautiful or ugly, right or wrong). Guidelines on what their society deems important: norms: culturally defined rules that outline appropriate behaviors. Help people know how to act in given social situations. (ie. rude to speak with mouth full). Anything that rewards appropriate behaviors or penalizes inappropriate ones. (ie. grade on a test: society cannot exist w out shared ways of behaving. Judging the other culture on their own terms. *culture shock: state a person goes through when exposed to a different culture. A feeling of disorientation, alienation, depression and loneliness that subsides only once a person becomes acclimated to the new culture. Language and culture: language plays an important role in preserving culture.