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| sociological definition of culture |
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1. all learned ways of life-walk/talk/behavior/manners.
2.all shared products- anything man made
3.passed on from generations
4.with gradual changes-in some places faster than others |
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| tangible human creation- cars/computers |
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| beliefs/values/customs etc. |
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| social problem created because of discrenicy between material and nonmaterial culture...material culture progresses much faster |
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| strong norms that are morally significant-must be followed! ie-man walking in without pants on |
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| norms that people are expected to follow but are not insisted upon ie-man walking in without shirt on |
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| type of behavior resented by almost anyone ie-cannibolism |
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positive=higher income/awards/medals
negative=fines imprisonment |
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positive=happy feelings/social acceptance
negative=isolation/verbal ridicule |
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| basic ideas of what is good and bad |
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| traditional moral conflict |
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| family/community= individual should sacrifice/be loyal/submissive/respect authority |
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| freedom/diversity/tolerance...respect humanity/dignity/lives |
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| amish/religious groups/china town/college students/swingers |
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| values/norms/lifestyles conflict with dominant culture ie-KKK mafia neo nazis |
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| belief in superiority of ones culture, tendency to judge others by ones own standards ie-americans are sacreligious bc they eat beef |
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| ethnocentrism- functionalist/conflict perspective |
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functionalist=good for society, patriotism!
conflict=creates conflict and lack of develpment bc of too much national pride"we are better than others" |
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| we should treat cultures with respect no matter how strange they may seem |
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| certain things should not be tolerated ie- homocide one group dominating another |
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| all beliefs/cultures/gov. systems/everything is european dominated |
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| mexican americans try to regain their culture instead of assimilating to white culture |
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| educational policies designed to promote cultural diversity...exposing children to other cultures early on |
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| opposing/supporting multicultural education |
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supporting=unified multicultural society
opposing=divides and creates self segregation |
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| teaching children whos native language is not englsih in their native language as well as english |
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| opposing/supporting bilingual education |
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opposing= 1 nation 1 language
cost factor
how many people need to be bilingual for this to happen? 10%
supporting=helps students to learn english gradually, some classes are in english while others are in native language |
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| all business/hospitals/etc must be conducted in english only |
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| supporting/opposing english only law |
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supporting=1 nation 1 language, better for immigrants to learn english fast
opposing=not language that divides county, it is how one group treats other groups. immigrants want to learn english! |
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| functionalist explanation for culture |
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| developed bc it is needed and necessary! |
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| critique for functionalist explanation for culture |
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| genital mutilation? no need! |
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| conflict explanation for culture |
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| conflict of interest, certain groups attempt to dominate |
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| symbolic interactionists view of culture |
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| passed down through generations, people get used to what they are exposed to |
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group of people sharing
1. geographic territory
2. culture-all learned ways of life
3. sense of belonging/commitment |
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| primary sector industries |
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| pre-industrial, collect raw materials/produce food |
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| secondary sector industries |
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| industrial society-manufacturing goods/products |
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| tertiary sector industries |
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| post industrial- provide services and information |
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| hunter-gatherer (pre-industrial) |
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| people make a living by collecting wild foods and fishing with simple technologies |
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| depends on domestic animals for its livelihood-eat them |
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| hand tools are used to grow domesticated crops |
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| depends on crops raised with plows, draft animals, and intensive agricultural methods |
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