SOCI 1005 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Harold Garfinkel, Ethnomethodology, Cultural Lag
29 Jul 2015
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Culture- the totality of shared language, ideas, knowledge, material objects, practices, and beliefs which humans create and which shape our lived environment. Society- a number of people, usually geographically defined, who share a culture. Cultural universal- a common practice or belief shared by all societies. Sociobiology- the systematic study of how biology affects human social behavior. Innovation- the process of introducing a new idea or object to a culture through discovery or invention. Discovery- the process of making known or sharing the existence of an aspect of reality. Invention- the combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not exist before. Diffusion- the process by which a cultural item spreads from group to group or society to society. Material culture- the physical or technological aspects of our daily lives. Non material culture- ways of using material objects, as well as customer, ideas, expressions, beliefs, knowledge, philosophies, governments, and patterns of communication.
