SOCA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cultural Lag, Cultural Diversity, Cultural Relativism

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26 Aug 2016
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Multiculturalism represents challenges for both new and aboriginal canadians. % canadians think that multiculturalism is good, while 30 % think it"s not good and rest don"t have any opinion. Culture refers to the knowledge, language, values, customs, and material objects that are passed from person to person and from one generation to the next in a human group or society. Instinct : are unlearned, biologically determined behavior pattern common to all members of a species that predictably occurs whenever certain environmental conditions exist. Reflex: are unlearned, biologically determined involuntary response to a physical stimulus. Drives: are unlearned, biologically determine impulses common to al members of a species that satisfy needs, such as sleep, food and water . Reflexes and drives do not determine how humans will behave in societies. Ideal refers to the values and norms that ppl in a society should flow and real culture refers to the actual standards of behavior seen in society.

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