SOCA 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Enculturation, Multiple Choice, Cultural Diversity
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Consists of patterns or relationships among people within a specific territory. Sets of learned behaviors and ideas that humans acquire as members of society. Process of social interaction through which people acquire and learn the ways of thinking associated with a culture. Example: campus culture - learning what is normal on campus and not normal. Occurs when one organism observes another organism respond to a stimulus then that response is added to a collection of behaviors. Arbitrary meaningful units or models we use to represent reality; represent abstract ideas represent reality; represent abstract ideas. Directly associated with concrete physical items or activities. Example: dogs can be taught some signs but not symbols. Culture consists of shared practices and understandings within a society. Material culture: physical products of human society, such as artifacts in archaeology or your cell phone. Nonmaterial culture: intangible products of human society, such as values, beliefs, and norms.