SOC 1100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Anomie, Mechanical And Organic Solidarity, Total Institution

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

Non-material culture: the ideas created by members of a society. Material culture: the physical things created by members of a society. Physical culture are the things that make us who we are. Personal disorientaion when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life because of: We don"t all do life the same way which makes us apprehensive. State: poliical enity in a territory with borders. Society: people who interact in a deined territory and share culture. Anything that carries a paricular meaning recognized by people who share a culture. Reality for humans is found in the meaning things carry with them. People must be mindful that meanings vary from culture to culture and even vary within the same groups of people. Cultural transmission: the process by which one generaion passes culture to the next. Sapir-whorf thesis: people perceive the world through the cultural lens of language (things you believe to be true)