Sociology 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Technology Adoption Life Cycle, Cultural Universal, Media Create

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 1020
• Professor: Anisha Datta

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Culture: it(cid:859)s the totalit(cid:455) of learned, socially transmitted customs, knowledge, material objects, and behavior. It includes all objects and ideas within a society; values, customs, and artifacts of groups of people. Society: a large number of people are said to constitute a society when they live in the same territory, are relatively independent of people outside their area, and participate in a culture. Members of a society generally share a common language, which facilitates day-to-day exchanges with others. Answer: culture is like two-way mirrors facing each other it simultaneously reflects and creates the social world we live in. All societies have developed certain common practices and beliefs. Marx the dialectical interaction between nature and human beings material culture. Most human cultures change and expand through innovation and diffusion. Anthropologist george murdock compiled a list of cultural universals, including athletic sports, cooking, funeral ceremonies, medicine, and sexual restrictions.