SOC 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Social Class, Cultural Lag, Sociobiology

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Linda Gerber

Document Summary

Nonmaterial culture: the ideas created my members of a society. Material culture: the physical things created by members of a society. Culture shock: personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life: immigration, visit a new country, move between social environments. No way of life is natural to humanity, but most people around the world view their own behaviour in that way. Humans are not the only creatures who have culture, but we are the ones who depend on culture to survive. 40 000 years ago people who looked more or less like is roamed the earth. Civilization emerged 12 000 years ago: changing the natural environment to benefit themselves. Culture: ideas, values and artifacts that make up a shared way of life. Nation: political entity (state or country) refers to a people who share a culture, ancestry and history. State: political entity in a territory with borders.