SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Canada 2011 Census, Cultural Universal, Cultural Diversity

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Adolphine Aggor-Boateng

Document Summary

Parts of learning to apply the sociological imagination involves understanding culture. Modern societies such as canada are becoming much more diverse. The need to appreciate diversity and to understand how people in their cultures view their world has become more important. Culture is essential for our individual survival and for our communication with other people. We learn about culture through interaction, observation, and imitation in order to be part of a group. Culture may also be seen as a tool kit os symbols, stories rituals, and world views which people may use varying configurations to solve different kinds of problems. We as free agents choose" various tools to accomplish social and personal goals. We must learn about culture through interaction, observation, and imitation in order to participate as members of the group. A system of rule making is part of every known society. There is a contrast between nature (with the use of instinct to live as being unlearned.