SOC 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cherry Picking, Hasty Generalization, Social Capital
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Culture is the term sociologist use to refer to the collection of values, beliefs, knowledge, norms, language, behaviors, and material objects shared by a people and socially transmitted from generation to generation. Culture includes both physical objects produced by people (material culture) and the ideas and rules people create and use to organize their lives (non-material culture). Symbols: objects, sounds, images, or gestures that humans give meaning to. Values: deeply held principle or standard that people use to make judgments about the world, especially what is desirable or worthwhile. Beliefs: the specific convictions or opinions that a culture"s people generally accept as being true. Knowledge: the range of information, awareness, and understanding that helps us navigate our world. Norms: the rules and expectations for appropriate behavior in specific situations. Ideology: a system of meaning that helps define and explain the world and that makes value judgments about the world.
