SOC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Cultural Lag, Conflict Theories, High Culture

• School: Ball State University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 100
• Professor: menning

Document Summary

The objects or belongings of a group of people. Patterns or traits that are globally common to all societies. Evaluating & judging another culture based on how it compares to one"s own cultural norms o. The deliberate imposition of one"s own cultural values on another culture. Confronted with all differences of another culture all at once. Practice of assessing a culture by its own standards rather than viewing it through the lens of one"s own culture o o. Belief that another culture is superior to another. Culture"s standard for discerning what is good and just in society. Tenets or convictions that people hold to be true. Standards society would like to embrace and live up to. How to behave in accordance with what society has defined as good, right, and important. Using a napkin, not sitting with strangers o o. Norms that embody the moral views & principles of a group.