SOCL 2001 Chapter : Ch 3 Culture
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Shared-comforting when people around you think and do the same things. Culture=ways of thinking that is learned and shared, passed down, ways of acting, music, tv shows, political beliefs, customs ways of thinking. Society=group of people who have lived and worked together long enough to become an organized population and to think of themselves as a social unit(mutually dependent with culture) China eats dog meat normally, we think that is not okay. Ethnocentrism=assumption that one"s own way of life is superior to all others. Cultural relativism=belief that no culture is better than another and that a culture should be judged by its own standards. Consumer society=consumption is a mass phenomenon among people. Material=any physical object that we give social meaning. Wedding rings(it is material but represents commitment), symbols, values, beliefs. Hook em horns is the same thing as your spouse is unfaithful : take many forms-written words, tattoos, breast implants, symbols mean something different for different cultures-head scarf for.
