Sociology 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Cultural Relativism, Ethnocentrism, Subculture
15 Apr 2016
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Abstraction: human ability to create complex symbols (language, math, etc. ) Cooperation: capacity to create social life by establishing norms. Cultural relativism: idea that all cultures and practices have equal value. Culture: the sum of socially transmitted practices, beliefs, values, symbols, languages, etc. that people create to deal with real life problems. Ethnocentrism: the tendency to judge other cultures by one"s own standards. Material culture: tools and techniques that improve our ability to utilize nature. Postmodernism: mixing of cultural elements with the erosion of authority and decline of core values. Production: human capacity to make and use tools. Rights revolution: process by which excluded groups have obtained equal rights. Sapir-whorf thesis: we experience things in our environment and form concepts about them, which then leads us to develop language to express those concepts, and in turn language in uences how we see the world. Social control: members of a society ensure people conform to cultural guidelines.
