SOC 104 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Orthodox Marxism, Symbolic Interactionism, Social Fact
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* creates social groups within the same society. * at it"s most expansive, culture can be de ned as the sum total of human creation. Social environment: environment in which we were socialized which shapes our thoughts and beliefs. Socialization process: people develop distinct ways of life that can shape the minds of individuals and allow them to develop into members of that society. * two distinctions in sociology to specify elements of culture are the difference between culture and structure, and the difference between symbolic and non-symbolic. * culture often refers to the entire social reality of particular groups in comparison to others. * we tend to assume or stereotype people from different countries to have aspects of culture (ex. * cultures not only in countries but also in parts of countries (north and south usa), cities (downtown toronto is business oriented) and towns.
