SOCI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cultural Relativism, Ethnocentrism, Mcdonaldization
19 Jan 2017
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O(cid:374)e of so(cid:272)iolog(cid:455)"s defi(cid:374)i(cid:374)g i(cid:374)terest is the relatio(cid:374)ship (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) individuals and society. Knowledge, language, values, customs and material objects passed to others over time that help us to deal with real life problems. (usa and canada is very similar, but the only thing that is different is the way society is) Material culture (tangible artifacts, physical objects) is extremely important because it attached to culture and is symbolic. Culture is cumulative (culture keeps building and gets bigger) It is the sum of total of socially transmitted ideas, practices, and material objects. Abstraction, the ability to use symbols, such as language. Cooperation, the ability to construct norms and laws. Production, using tools and techniques used to take and create what we want. Values, general beliefs of right and wrong. Sanctions, reward and punishment (not the same thing as punishment as pain) Norms (sumner) (know the difference between folkway & mores)
