SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sociological Perspectives, Uniform Crime Reports, Ethnocentrism
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Culture comes from the word cultura: a tilling . In the sense, culture is the means by which humans cultivate the world. Culture is seen as different from instinct (pg. 43) Animals rely on instinct by which to survive. Humans rely on culture by which to survive. Society dies out with the absence of culture. Language, symbols, practices, behaviors, distinct definitions of our ways. Cultural universals: a value, norm, or other cultural trait that is found in every group (pg. 52-56) (universal, but varied) [e. g. creating family, responding to death, eating*(producing and consuming food), education, clothing, expression of love, family] Material goods/material culture: physical objects that a society creates; these influence the way people live (pg. Influence how we live: cell phones, internet, transport, etc. (u. s. examples: levi"s blue jeans, american flag, iphone, american girl doll, and taco bell*) Symbols: one item used to stand for or represent another (ch. 1 pg. 15)
