SY101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Organized Crime, English Canadian, Technological Determinism
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The language, beliefs, values, norms, behaviors, and even material objects that are passed from one generation to the next. O(cid:373)e so(cid:272)iologists refer to (cid:374)o(cid:374)(cid:373)aterial (cid:272)ulture as s(cid:455)(cid:373)(cid:271)oli(cid:272) (cid:272)ulture (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause o(cid:374)e of it"s central concept is the symbols people use to communicate. Symbol: anything people attach meaning and then use to communicate. Cho(cid:373)sk(cid:455)"s idea that all hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s ha(cid:448)e si(cid:373)ilar li(cid:374)guisti(cid:272) a(cid:271)ilities a(cid:374)d thought processes. Ethnocentrism: tendency to judge other groups ways of doing things by our own. Cultural relativism: trying to understand a culture on its own terms, this notion of appreciating a different culture for its history and presence has come under criticism. Anthro robert edgeston sick societies: judge (cid:271)(cid:455) their people"s happi(cid:374)ess, health, sur(cid:448)i(cid:448)al, ele(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts of e(cid:454)ploitatio(cid:374) Folkways and mores: folkways: norms that are not strictly enforced, mores: core to our values and demand conformity, one groups folkways could be another groups mores. Taboo: a norm that is so strongly engrained that violations is greeted with revulsion.
