SOC 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Eurocentrism, Norm (Social), Afrocentrism
20 Aug 2020
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Culture: the values, beliefs, behavior and material objects that together from a people"s way of life. Nonmaterial culture: the intangible world of ideas created by members of a society (example: saying democracy is better than dictatorship) Material culture: the tangible things created by members of a society. Cultural universals: traits that are part of every known culture. Culture shock: disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life. Ehtnocentrism: the practice of judging another culture by then standards of one"s own culture. Cultural relativism: the practice of judging a culture by its own standards. Anything that carries a particular meaning recognized by. Reality for humans is found in the meaning things carry with. People mus be mindul that meaning vary from culture to. Meanings can vary greatly within the same group of people. A system of symbols that allows people to communicate with one. Cultural transmission: the process by which one generation passes culture to the next.
