SOCA 105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Biological Anthropology, Enculturation, Culture Shock
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Characteristics of culture: society, culture, consists of patterns of relationships among people within a specific territory, sets of learned behaviors and ideas that humans acquire as members of society, can be seen in food, art, music. Culture is learned!: enculturation, process of social interaction through which people acquire and learn the ways of thinking associated with a culture, americans eat big breakfast compared to other countries, campus culture (wvu) How do we learn: symbol, arbitrary meaningful units or models we use to represent reality; represent abstract notions, symbolic leanring, our ability to use and understand symbols. Signs: signs, directly associated with concrete physical items or activities, road signs, tells you to do something, dogs can be taught some signs but not symbols. Culture is shared: culture consists of shared practices and understandings within a society, shared differently: men/women, adult/child, city/rural, but the overall common culture is generally followed.
