PSYC14H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Acculturation
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What do we mean by culture (class discussion) All of these things have in common the fact that they are all social . They are: we are interacting with each other in a social form embedded in the way we interact. Not everyone agrees with what culture is. Ecocultural components: culture is adaptive to the environment . Toronto is generally a fast paced environment and if you compare it to alaska, our pace of life is different: culture consists of shared elements. Its hard to say if we are sharing the same culture as the professor. How do you know this is a chinese dance and not a philipino one. And the boundary is language so if we don"t understand someones language, we don"t understand their culture liberty . Picture of a volunteer in india showing the kids a picture of the statue of. Can have vertical is parent to child.