SOCA01H3 Lecture 2: Lecture 2 notes - Culture These notes are lecture 2 notes. The topic is culture.
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What is it? social forces internal/external all about perception, what we see is selective. Political equality system treats you equally. What kind of behaviour isn"t allowed proscribed. What kind of behaviour is allowed prescribed things that govern everyday conduct. The two faces of culture allows us to be free but sometimes constrains it paradox. We play multiple roles b/c we are assigned multiple statuses. Roles role strain when you have one status role conflict when you hold multiple role statuses roles are clashed. Institutions relatively permanent patterns of behaviour clusters of specialized roles groups, customs economy, education, politics, family, religion & mass media. Culture is the sum of ideas, practices and material objects that ppl create to deal w/ real-life probs. We"re surrounded by advertisement lifestyle that you show by the things you purchase. There are 2 ways in which our observations of another culture may be distorted: We may become too deeply involved in the other culture.
