PSYC12H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Physical Attractiveness, Norbert Elias
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Manners differ across cultures because people are socialized to different sets of norms and customs. German sociologist norbert elias, in his classic work the. Europe, and likewise other modernizing cultures, was transformed as the manners of the aristocracy slowly trickled down to govern the behavior of the lower classes as well. People became civilized as a growing set of rules and norms came to regulate the behaviors of people across all classes of society. Cultures are not monolithic and frozen entities but rather are fluid and constantly evolving as new ideas emerge and conditions change. Different physical ecologies do not just affect the diets of people; the different foraging behaviors can also come to affect how the societies are structured and the values that people come to adopt. The physical environments that we live in shape the array of lifestyles that are possible. Proximal causes: are those that have direct and immediate relations with their effects.
