PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Rhesus Macaque, Social Capital, Meritocracy
4 Jun 2012
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Uk: profs where robes all the time; shows distinct culture; uk = less familiar culture than. North american culture; familiar = we don"t try to partition ourselves in egalitarian ways; Uk = much more into hierarchy and therefore everybody wears signs that indicate what their status is in the current culture. Military = very specific uniforms to show rank. Culture is an ever-changing (dynamic) constructive stimulus that shapes the way individuals perceive and contribute to the world. Just like the culture affects you, you also affect the culture (rebellions, artists etc;) Nationality (country you were born in; can affect you more or less); ethnicity (not so much your race, lot of east-asians, but ethnicity = chinese, viet, korean etc;) Almost every culture has an origins of humanity" story from this, you derive a lot of meaning about your existence and your life, interpretation of everyday things.
