SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Cultural Evolution, Benjamin Lee Whorf, Edward Sapir
22 Feb 2015
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Material culture: of all the physical and tangible creations that members of a society make, use, and share. Consists of the abstract or intangible human creations of society that influence people"s behaviour a central component of nonmaterial culture is beliefs. Latent: tool technology establishes craft specialisation, guilds, etc. The knowledge, language, values, customs and material objects that are passed from person to person and from one generation to the next in a human group or society. A large social grouping that occupies the same geographic territory and is subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Culture: that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, law, morals, customs, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society . Values: collective ideas about what is right or wrong, good or bad, and desirable or undesirable in a particular culture. Criteria by which we evaluate others, objects, and events.
