SOCL 2001 Chapter : Chapter 3
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Culture: ideas, values, beliefs, knowledge, norms, customs, technology. Culture is a collection of everything we do, the way we live. It is the systems shared by almost everyone is a particular society. Americans eat soup with a spoon, japanese drink soup out of bowl. Culture element is rules, clothing, language, beliefs, customs, etc. Laptop, technology, artifacts are examples of non-material culture. Some societies do not have a written language; they might put it in song. Sapir-whorf hypothesis: language dictates how we see the world. Language is more than a container of the concept. Norms are formal are informal rules of conduct and social expectations for behavior. Proscriptive: something you"re not supposed to do. Norms are relative regarding time, place, and situation. Folkways are informal, customary ways of doing things. Mores is norms based on moral codes. There was a white guy that refused to marry a black/white couple because he thought their children will get hurt.
