Culture

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Culture
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Culture

• Culture shared beliefs, values, behaviors and
  material objects among members of a group or
  society
• 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

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Elements of 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

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Cultural change

• 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?

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Cultural Components

• Symbols
• Language
• --cultural transmission
• -- Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
• Norms
• Cognitive
• Artifacts and Technology

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Cultural Attitudes

• Ethnocentrism
• Cultural Relativism
• Cultural Universals

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Diversity w/in Culture

• Sub-culture
• Counter culture
• High culture
• Popular culture

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Cultural Change

• Discovery
• Invention
• Diffusion
• Cultural lag
• Cultural shock

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Theoretical Perspectives on Culture

• Functionalist
• Conflict
• Symbolic Interaction