PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Jingoism, Cultural Relativism, Multicultural Education
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All information is straight from the textbook, soc+, written by brym and lie. They distinguish high culture from popular culture or mass culture. While popular or mass culture is consumed by all classes, high culture tends to be consumed mainly by the upper classes: superstitions may be unique to the individuals who create them. Burma and the nomadic arabs having several words for the same thing. : researchers found that language itself can affect perception. (in german, key is a masculine word whereas it is a feminine work in spanish. German speakers described the key using masculine terms whereas spanish speaker described the key using feminine terms. : people are often startled when confronted by cultures other than their own. In that sense culture constrains us: symbolic interactionists regard culture independent from society. In their view, people do not just accept culture passively. Instead, we produce and interpret culture, creatively fashioning it to suit our diverse and changing needs.
