SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ethnocentrism, Coffee Culture, William Graham Sumner
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October 16: course learning outcomes, sociological definition of culture v. commonsense notions of culture, culture & class, video clips from people like us: social class in america (2001, analysis using three cultural tools. Identify how culture, socialization, social situations, and social structure affect personal behaviour, ideas, choices, and social opportunities. Articulate the differences between commonsense perspectives and the four main sociological perspectives of our social world. Culture refers to the symbolic and learned aspects of human society. The sum of traditions, practices, languages, symbols, beliefs, values, ideologies, and material objects that create a [sense of similarity for a group of people]. Cultures enable people to adapt to, and thrive in, their environments(cid:499) (cid:523)brym (cid:884)(cid:882)(cid:883)(cid:889): (cid:889)(cid:890)(cid:524). Commonsense notions of (cid:498)culture(cid:499) in canada: high culture: the sum of traditions, practices, languages, symbols, values, ideologies, and material objects that are associated with the upper class, we are all cultural beings.
