SOCY 1000 Study Guide - Symbolic Culture, Sociobiology, Benjamin Lee Whorf
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Neither society nor culture could exist without the other: culture shock: Folkways: norms for routine or casual interaction, people pay less attention to folkways social patterns mandated by cultural values and norms actual social patterns that only approximate cultural expectations. : the historical changes in culture brought about by new: sociocultural evolution technology. Hunting and gathering: the use of simple tools to hunt animals and gather vegetation for food: 2. Horticulture: the use of hand tools to raise crops. Pastoralism: the domestication of animals. (more unequal roles for men and women: 3. Agriculture: large scale cultivation using plows harnessed to animals or machines. Large food surpluses, specialized in their work, brought about a dramatic increase in social equality: 4. Industry: the production of goods using advanced sources of energy to drive large machinery. Industrialization pushed aside traditional cultural values, schooling, reduce economic inequality and weaken human community: postindustrial information technology: many industrial societies have entered a post-industrial era.
