Sociology 1025A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: East Asian Studies, Maple Leaf, Lexus Is

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Culture the sum total of the social environment in which we are raised and continue to be socialized in throughout our lives. Material culture tangible or physical items that people have created for use &give meaning to in a given culture. Nonmaterial culture intangibles produced by intellectual or spiritual development; also, the use of artifacts in a given culture. Language a shared system of communication that includes spoken, written &signed forms of speech as well as nonverbal gestures used to convey meaning: determines how we think and what we think about o. Shapes the reality experienced by those who share a common language. Mother tongue the first language learned at home in childhood that is still understood by an individual. Sapir-whorf hypothesis the assertion that language helps to shape reality for those experiencing it. Cultural constructions=embedded in language: different words are commonly used to describe males &females. Mores institutionalized norms embedded in laws used to help maintain social control.

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