SOC100H5 Chapter 2: Sociology Textbook Notes- Chapter 2
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Culture: the sum of practices, languages, symbols, beliefs, values, ideologies, and material objects that people create to deal with real life problems. Ex) tiger woods wears a red shirt on the last day of every tournament. This superstition helps to reassure them and let them play better: whe(cid:374) so(cid:373)e people sa(cid:455) (cid:862)(cid:272)ulture they may refer to opera, ballet, art, etc. Sociologists call opera, ballet, and similar activities: high culture: culture consumed mainly by upper class. They distinguish high culture from popular culture or mass culture. In other words, culture becomes shared when it is socially transmitted. Society: a number of people who interact, usually in a defined territory, and share a culture. Culture is the sum of the socially transmitted ideas, practices, and material objects that enable people to adapt to, and thrive in, their environments. These survival kits contained three main tools: abstraction, cooperation and production.
