SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Benjamin Lee Whorf, Edward Sapir, Jeans
22 Sep 2016
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People have created a line between what right and wrong, pleasant and revolting ect The knowledge, language, values, customs, and material objects that are passed from person to person and from one generation to the next. All these together constitute a persons way of life. Culture is learned shared and transmitted, a bridge to the pass and a guide to the future the blue print for living in a society, something we must acquire. Personal disorientation that comes from encountering an unfamiliar way of life. When people immigrant, or move between social communities (ex; someone on the east coast moving to toronto) No cultural trait is inherently natural to humanity. What is natural to our species is the capacity to create and learn cultural traits. Anything that meaningfully represents something else to others: words, numbers, pictures, colours, gestures, facial expressions, ect. Same behavior can have different meanings attached (winking) When in a country you do as they do.
