PSYC 2600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Black Tie, A Generation, Individualism
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Culture and social norms: culture permeates everything we do on a daily basis. It refers to customs, religions, values, and time periods: a lot of cultural change between time periods, different cultures have different social norms, cultural norms are based on social class, socioeconomic status ses. If you go to a local pub vs a black tie restaurant: same area but different norms: cultures change over time. There are significant differences amongst generations and even birth cohorts (people born at the same time as you): a generation is everyone born within an approximate 20 year period. How cultures shape people: cross cultural differences: average variations based on country or world regions, may arise from geography. Environmental characteristics have an impact: people had to rely on different strategies in order to survive, children learn through socialization, learning to become a mature adult member of their own society, parenting is different across cultures.
