SOC 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: William Fielding Ogburn, Cultural Relativism, Signify

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

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Culture: refers to the ways of thinking, acting & material objects that form a person"s way of life. Only humans rely on culture rather than instinct to create a way of life & ensure survival (harris, Nonmaterial culture: ideas created by members of a society. Material culture: refers to physical things created by members of a society. Culture shock: uneasiness/ personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life (usually because people have the tendency to view their own way of life as natural") > primates began to evolve setting humans apart from great apes. > distant human ancestors began to move about in grasses instead of trees. > began to learn advantages of hunting in groups, making use of fire, tools weapons, built shelters & wore clothing. > our own species homo sapiens emerged. > people similar to us were present and developed cultures rapidly. > founding of permanent settlements, creation of specialized occupations marked the birth of civilization".