SOCA 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Symbolic Culture, Culture Shock, Ethnocentrism
20 Mar 2019
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Culture: the language, beliefs, values, norms, behaviors, and even material objects that characterize a group and are passed from one generation to the next i. ii. iii. Material culture: the material objects that distinguish a group of people, such as their art, buildings, weapons, utensils, machines, hairstyles, clothing, and jewelry. Nonmaterial culture: a group"s ways of thinking (including its beliefs, values, and other assumptions about the world) and doing (its common patterns of behavior, including language and other forms of interaction); also called symbolic culture. Like material culture, neither custom is right. people simply become comfortable with the customs they learn during childhood b. Culture and taken-for-granted orientations to life i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. To develop a sociological imagination, it is essential to understand how culture affects people"s lives. We usually take our speech, our gestures, our beliefs, and our customs for granted.
