SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cultural Universal, Online Banking, Upton Sinclair
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The term culture is part of our vocabulary. Means a tilling ---> to establish, to cultivate. In this sense, culture is the means by which humans cultivate the world. Culture is seen as different from instinct (p. 43) Animals rely on instinct by which to survive. A value, norm, or other cultural trait that is found in every group (p. 52-56) All societies have a way of defining/creating family. All societies have a way of addressing/dealing with death. All societies have a way of producing and consuming foods. Three examples of cultural universals: creating a family, responding to death, eating. All examples of: seeing the general in the particular. The physical objects that a society creates; these influence the way people live (p. 42) The ideas associated w/cultural groups, including ways of thinking (beliefs, values, assumptions) and ways of behaving (norms, interactions, communication) Something to which people attach meaning and then use to communicate with others.
