SOCI-100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill, Cultural Relativism, Defoliant
24 Feb 2016
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A: culture collection of values, beliefs, behaviors, & material objects shared by a group & passed inter-generationally. 3. transmitted: cumulative, human material culture tangible artifacts/physical objects found in a given culture. E. g. teaspoon, football, car, teapot, smartphone, vase, jeans, blankets, etc. non-material culture intangible/abstract components of a society, including values & norms e. g. language, beliefts (political, religious, etc. Aspects of culture values beliefs about ideal goals & behaviors set the standard for social life ideas about right/wrong norms culturally defined rules that outline appropriate behavior general guide. Types of norms: folkways informal norms that suggest customary ways of behaving. When violated, you don"t incur serious consequences: mores norms that carry a strong sense of social importance e. g. extra-marital affair, laws norms that are formally defined and enacted in legislation. Ethnocentrism tendency to view one"s own culture as superior to others.
