Sociology 1025A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: East Asian Studies
29 Mar 2017
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Culture the sum total of the social environment in which we are raised &continue to be socialized throughout our lives. Material culture tangible or physical items that people have created for use &give meaning to in a given culture. Nonmaterial culture intangibles produced by intellectual or spiritual development; also, the use of artifacts in a given culture. Language a shared system of communication that includes spoken, written &signed forms of speech as well as nonverbal gestures used to convey meaning: determines how we think &what we think about o. Shapes the reality experienced by those who share a common language. Mother tongue the first language learned at home in childhood that is still understood by an individual. Sapir-whorf hypothesis the assertion that language helps to shape reality for those experiencing it. Cultural constructions are embedded in language: visible when looking at different words commonly used to describe males &females. Norms tell people about appropriate &inappropriate ways of conduct.
