Actuarial Science 1021A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Symbolic Interactionism, Consumerism, Argot
26 Apr 2016
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5 common components symbols, language, values, beliefs, norms symbols: anything that carries a particular meaning and recognized by people who share a culture language: a system of symbols that allows people to communicate with one another. Don"t have the language, don"t have words, don"t have thoughts sapir- whorf hypothesis: structure of a language determines or greatly influences the modes of thought and behavior characteristic of the culture in which it is spoken. Beliefs: specific statements that people hold to be true or false. Values: abstract ideas or generally accepted standards of behaviour. Broad guidelines to judge the (both positive and negative) Norms: defining principles by which a society comes to govern itself differ from values (they are more precise rules) prescriptive norms: should (smile, hold door) proscriptive norms: shouldn"t (offensive) Three types of norms: folkways: informal customs (etiquette) Mores (mos): customs considered to be correct or necessary for group survival. Taboo: very strong violation extremely offensive an important.
