SOC 302 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: On The Other Hand, Macrosociology, Microsociology
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Soc308 quiz and test 1 study guide/ summary. Society is made up of two components: society is defined by the specific people. That make up a collective group - and society is also defined by the. Collective conscience that emerges from that group and acts upon the. The collective conscience can be identified in its cultural formations. Culture is the shared patterns of behaviors and interactions, meanings, and emotional understanding that are learned through socialization within a society and/ or smaller groups. These shared patterns idenitify the people within and outside of a given. The essence of a culture is not its artifacts, tools, or other tangible cultural elements but how the members of the group. It is the values, symbols, interpretations, and perspectives that distinguish one people from another in modernized societies. Culture: learned and shared human patterns or models for living: day to day living patterns. These patterns and models pervade all aspects of human social interaction.
