Sociology SOC-R 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Culture Shock, Social Emotions, Linguistic Relativity
7 Feb 2017
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Culture = the way of life of a people; more specifically the human created strategies for adjusting to their surroundings. Material culture = all the natural and human-created objects to which people have attached meaning: a towel in america is for drying off and a towel in korea is for scrubbing. Beliefs = conceptions that people accept as true, concerning how the world operates and where the individual fits in the relationship: influence actions. Non-material culture = the nonphysical creations that people cannot hold or see. Values = general, shared conceptions of what is good, rights, appropriate, worthwhile and important with regard to conduct, appearance and states of being: freedom, happiness, obedience, cleanliness. Norms = written and unwritten rules that specify behaviors appropriate and inappropriate to a particular social situation: written; no smoking signs, unwritten; leave a 20% tip for waiter/waitress.
