SOSA 1003 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Cattle In Religion And Mythology, Ethnocentrism, Scientific Revolution
27 Sep 2017
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High culture: is culture consumed mainly by upper classes (opera, ballet, etc. Popular culture: (or mass culture) is culture consumed by all classes. Culture: consists of the shared symbols and their definitions that people create to solve real- life problems. Symbols: are concrete objects or abstract terms that represent something else. Abstraction: is the ability to create general concepts that meaningfully organize sensory experience. Beliefs: are cultural statements that define what community members consider real. Cooperation: is the capacity to create a complex social life by establishing generally accepted ways of doing things and ideas about what is right and wrong. Culture is the primary means by which humans adapt to their environments; that is why our definition of culture emphasizes that we create culture to solve real-life problems. Cultural constructions of reality and truth do not necessarily coincide with scientifically established fact. God is love. the sun orbits around the earth. opposites attract .
