SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cultural Universal, Human Behavior, Social Conflict
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Culture is the knowledge, language, values and customs and material objects are passed from one person to another from one generation to the next in a human group or society. Society is made up of people, a culture is made up of ideas, behavior and material possessions. The importance of culture: culture is essential for survival and communication. Sociologists believe that culture and social learning account for virtually all behavior pattern: culture is a tool kit for survival" we get to choose the tools to use. Material/non-material culture: toolbox divided as material and non-material, material: physical/tangible creators of members of society. Technology as the knowledge, techniques, tools to allow people to transform resources. Important because our buffer against environment: non-material: abstract/intangible human creation that influence human behavior. Language, beliefs, values, rules of behavior, family patterns and political systems. Belief is a central component of non-material culture. Cultural universal: customs and practices that occur across all societies.
