SOCA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Body Language, Social Inequality, Olfaction
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Culture lag - ogburn"s concept describing how technology often outpaces society"s ability to adjust to it: ex. car --> society may have invested more money in transit if they knew about the environmental costs of. Chapter 5: culture cars like consumption of fossil fuels. Culture - a complex collection of values, beliefs, behaviours, and material objects shared by a group and passed on from one generation to the next. Findings from evolution of human culture that give an idea of when human culture began: social life. Evidence that our hominid ancestors lived in groups: parental care. As brain size in hominids increased, birthing occurred at an earlier stage of development leading to a greater need for parental care (offspring was less advanced) Change occurred with homo erectus (1. 9 mya: pair-bonding. Male-female bonding occurred as offspring became more dependent for longer periods of time (food and protection) Different stages for acquiring and giving out food.
