Transcript Culture

Culture
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Culture: shared beliefs, values, behaviors and material
objects among members of a group or society
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tells us what to expect from others and what others
should expect from us
Culture is “doing its job” most effectively when it is
invisible
Culture
• Material culture: physical artifacts that shape the lives
of members of a particular society
• Non-material culture: non-physical elements of culture
 knowledge/beliefs; values/morals; norms/customs
Elements of Culture
• What are some changes that you have observed in
material culture in your lifetime?
• What are some changes that you have observed in
nonmaterial culture in your lifetime?
Cultural change
• Symbols
• Language
--cultural transmission
-- Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
• Norms
• Cognitive
• Artifacts and Technology
Cultural Components
• Ethnocentrism
• Cultural Relativism
• Cultural Universals
Cultural Attitudes
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Sub-culture
Counter culture
High culture
Popular culture
Diversity w/in Culture
• Discovery
• Invention
• Diffusion
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• Cultural lag
• Cultural shock
Cultural Change
• Functionalist
• Conflict
• Symbolic Interaction
Theoretical Perspectives on
Culture