SOCI 1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter pg 85-103: Cultural Lag, Symbolic Interactionism, Nonverbal Communication
9 Nov 2017
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Values: cultures standard for discerning what is good and bad in society, help shape a society. Beliefs: convictions that people believe to be true. Individualistic culture: high value on individuality and independence. Ideal culture= values on how things should be. Real culture= the way society actually is (values are diverse from culture to culture) Formal norms: mean they are written rules- ie. no running on deck". Informal norms: dictate appropriate behaviours without writing them. Mores: norms that embody the moral views and principles of a group. Folkways: norms without any moral underpinnings- ie. when to shake hands, when to wear a tie. Societies share a language often with symbols that make up words, language shapes reality. Sapir-whorf hypothesis- people experience their world through language. Non verbal communication is symbolic (ie smiles) High culture: pattern of culture experience and attitudes that exist in the highest class segments of a society.
