SOC 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cultural Universal, Structural Functionalism, Cultural Relativism

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 105
• Professor: Mustafa Koc

Document Summary

Is shaped by the interaction of variety biological, psychological, and social elements. Its been denied that human behaviour is biologically, or genetically pre-programmed. Language: a system of symbols with standard meanings that allows members of a so- ciety to communicate with one another. Sapir and whorf: language can also determine our reality. Values: standards by which members of a culture define right or wrong. ex. desirable or undesirable through values culture gives shape to our lives norms: relatively precise rules that guide or regulate social life. Ethnocentrism: the practice of judging another culture by the standards of our own cul- ture. Cultural relativism: the principle that all cultures are equally valid and that every cul- ture must be judged on its own terms. Structural functionalism what makes social structures and social order possible? societies as complex systems of interrelated and interdependent parts.