SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Symbolic Interactionism, Cultural Relativism, Culture Shock
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Think about rules, behaviours, attitudes and customs that had to be learned. Culture: a complex collection of values, beliefs, behaviours and material objects shared by a group and passed on from 1 gen to the next. Comprised of 5 defining features from textbook. Culture shock = feelings of depression, alienation, disorientation and loneliness. Ethnocentrism: tendency to regard one"s own culture and group as the standard superior to others. Cultural relativism: belief that all cultures have intrinsic worth and should be evaluated and understood on their own terms. Canadian culture over time has been shaped by an intricate and diverse set of geographic, historical and social circumstances. Canadians have defined themselves by what and who they are not: define themselves and canadian culture by comparing to americans. Conflict theory: asserts that those who hold power in society (cid:894)control f scarce resources(cid:895) also dictat the culture"s ideology and value system that justifies social inequality: consider differences in pay for men and women.
