SOCA01H3 Lecture Notes - English Law, Age Of Enlightenment, Tim Hortons
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Some people call sociologist" jobs sociological engineering. Two types of usage: popular everyday usage, sociological usage of the term. Culture is the total way of life of a group of people, the way they think, behave, and their materialistic uses. Materialistic: the tools, objects and materials that people use in various cultures (physical objects that are specific to that culture). In today"s society, that would be things such as pcs, ipods, etc. Power of culture can be seen when we observe a team, group, family, classroom, nation, etc. is patterned, orderly, and predictable; not haphazard and. E. g. lecture hall manners: listening, not talking, taking notes, etc. Culture shapes these beliefs of what to do, individuals have little to do this despite popular belief. It is the most powerful force that molds social forces and the mind. Paradox: culture has two contrasting faces- one gives you freedom and one constraints. Culture and social forces constrain you from doing the forbidden.
