SOC 101 Lecture 15: SOC101 E 11082017
Note Set 14 11/8/2017
Culture
I. Joel Charon= “ What does it mean to be human?”
1. Cultural Creatures
2. Social Creature
- Material culture= Anything tangible object that has meaning= flag, money
- Non-Material culture= the mental blueprints that allow us to navigate the social
world and allow us to interact with one another.
• Folkways= people walk on right side of sidewalk
• Norms= is a proper behavior that guides everyday life/ society’s expectation
• Mores= norms with greater importance, carry greater weight
• Laws= Driving on the right hand side= enforced by state = written down
• Taboos= Behaviors society deems as being morally impugnant= cannibalism & incest
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