SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cultural Diversity, Symbolic Culture, Trans-Cultural Diffusion
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Hdi is an index used to rank countries by human development". Operationalized as: life expectancy at birth, as an index of population health and longevity education index, means years of schooling standard of living, as measured by gross national income per capita (gnipc) 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. While a society is made up of people, a culture is made up of ideas, behaviors, and material possesstions. Includes: how we think, how we act, what we own. In effect, everything we create with our hands and our minds. Material culture: refers to the physical creations that members of a society make, use, and share. Everything from zippers to our homes and satellites in space. Nonmaterial culture: consists of the abstract human creations of society that influence of people"s behavior.
