SOC100H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Symbolic Interactionism, Cultural Survival, High Culture
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Culture: the sum of practices, languages, symbols, beliefs, values, ideologies, and material objects (socially-transmitted ideas) that people create to deal with real-life problems. Passed down from generation to generation, from communication. Superstitious practices derived from culture help athletes reduce anxiety and improve self-confidence and performance making rituals to deal with anxiety. High culture: culture consumed by upper classes (ballet, opera, art) Popular culture/mass culture: consumed by all classes. Tools (building houses), religion (to give meaning to life and come to terms with death) are parts of culture because they help solve problems. Superstitions are often unique to those who create them and religion/technology is shared. Cultural sharing takes places through human interaction, communication, learning. Society: is a number of people who interact usually in a defined territory and share a culture . Culture is then the sum of socially transmitted ideas, practices, and material objects that enable people to adapt and thrive in environment.
