Sociology 2240E Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Ethnocentrism
22 Jan 2015
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Sociology chapter 3 culture: social life is patterned, not random, and much of this patterning can be attributed to the act that every social group possesses a culture, a cultural element is something held in common by the members of a group, that affects their behavior or the way they view the world, and is passed on to new members, a group"s culture is simply the sum total of all cultural elements associated with that group. 3 types of cultural elements: that the content of culture varies across the totality of the world"s societies, that few cultural elements are found in all of the world"s societies, that the elements of a given culture are often interrelated, ethnocentrism, androcentrism and orientalism are especially common, different cultures can literally see the same things in different ways means that sociologist have a special responsibility to behave ethically when studying non .
