SOC 1101 Lecture : 2. Cultures Building Blocks.docx

1 What is culture?  Provide examples.

2 Explain material versus non-material culture?  Provide examples.

3 What are subcultures and countercultures?  Provide examples.

4 Provide an example of a subculture to which you belong, and share the larger culture to which it would fall under.

1 Choose a country in the world other than the United States. Summarize the current cultural themes regarding marriage and family within this country. 

2 Define and discuss the symbolic interactionist, functionalist, and conflict perspectives on marriage and family.

3 Share some examples of variations in family life?  How do these examples compare to your life?