SOCI 1F90 : sociology chapter 3 review
16 Dec 2011
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Material culture: (5 senses) y touch, taste, small, hear, see. Kinds of culture: y ipad 2, toyota prius. Material culture: y all the tangible products of a national community or society y ex. Nonmaterial culture: y beliefs, thought patters, values, myths. Nonmaterial culture: y what makes you a stranger when you are away from home? y nonmaterial culture: all the intangible products of a society, ex. Patters of communication (how to address someone), types of government (democracy), philosophies (ethics about capital punishment), how to use material objects. Support for gay marriage) y norms: rules or expectations of behaviour that tell people how to behave in particular situations (ex. How do you act when you meet the governor general of. Canada) y mores: norms that we consider essential to our core values (ex. Theft, incest, killing= criminal justice system) y folkways: norms that are not strictly enforced (ex. Sapir-whorf hypothesis: language shapes our thoughts and perceptions, language determines our consciousness.
