SOC100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: World Values Survey, Trans-Cultural Diffusion, Impression Management
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Lecture 2: learning the rules: culture and socialization. Values and social norms: some norms are established and enforced as laws. How to locate the canadian culture using the world values survey, 2015: show difference and closeness for different countries using survival vs self- expression values and traditional vs secular-rational values through different questions. Cultural relativism: ex. the appropriateness of eye contact. Critical race theory: racial dominance shapes culture and power: dominant culture in mainly white societies perpetuates dominance of white people, white privilege: the advantages and immunities that are unequally experienced. :an invisible package of unearned assets : costs and benefits that are unequally experienced by people perceived as. Feminist approaches to culture: feminists focus on the gendering of social roles and the gendered performance of those roles, masculinity, feminity, gender: a social and cultural construction learned through socialization. If we act in a way that is considered improper for males and females , we face punishment and/or ridicule.
