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Culture

Chapter 2

Chapter Overview

I. Introduction II. What is culture?III. Components of Symbolic

CultureIV. Many Cultural WorldsV. Values in the U.S.VI. Technology in the Global VillageVII.Review

I. Introduction

A. DemonstrationB. Introductory “Quiz”

I. Introduction

A. DemonstrationB. Introductory “Quiz”

I. Introduction

A. DemonstrationB. Introductory “Quiz”

1. Waiting your turn is a universal concept.

False

2. A sanction is the means by which something is formally made sacred.

False

3. A word is a symbol.

True

4. Our language determines how we perceive the world.

True

5. Subcultures generally go counter to the existing

culture.

False

6. Freedom, democracy, equality, group superiority,

and racism are all underlying core values shared by Americans.

True

7. Anyone can be successful in America if one

tries hard enough.It’s highly debatable.

8. Technology affects the way people think and how they relate to each other.

True

9. Usually a group’s material culture changes

first and then the nonmaterial culture has to

catch up with it.True

10. What is beautiful in one culture can be judged as

ugly in another.True

II. What is culture?

A. Definition B. A Zen storyC. Types of cultureD. EthnocentrismE. Cultural relativismF. Y.J.U.

II. What is culture?

A. Definition B. A Zen storyC. Types of cultureD. EthnocentrismE. Cultural relativismF. Y.J.U.

II. What is culture?

A. Definition Q: What do you want to pass

down to your children?

B. A Zen storyC. Types of cultureD. EthnocentrismE. Cultural relativismF. Y.J.U.

II. What is culture?

A. Definition B. A Zen storyC. Types of cultureD. EthnocentrismE. Cultural relativismF. Y.J.U.

II. What is culture?

A. Definition B. A Zen storyC. Types of cultureD. EthnocentrismE. Cultural relativismF. Y.J.U.

II. What is culture?

A. Definition B. A Zen storyC. Types of cultureD. EthnocentrismE. Cultural relativismF. Y.J.U.

II. What is culture?

A. Definition B. A Zen storyC. Types of cultureD. EthnocentrismE. Cultural relativismF. Y.J.U.

II. What is culture?

A. Definition B. A Zen storyC. Types of cultureD. EthnocentrismE. Cultural relativismF. Y.J.U.

Y.J.U.: Cultural Relativity is always a good idea.

III. Components of Symbolic Culture

A.GesturesB.LanguageC. Values, Norms, & SanctionsD.Folkways and Mores

III. Components of Symbolic Culture

A.GesturesB.LanguageC. Values, Norms, & SanctionsD.Folkways and Mores

III. Components of Symbolic Culture

A.GesturesB.LanguageC. Values, Norms, & SanctionsD.Folkways and Mores

III. Components of Symbolic Culture

A.GesturesB.LanguageC. Values, Norms, & SanctionsD.Folkways and Mores

III. Components of Symbolic Culture

A.GesturesB.LanguageC. Values, Norms, & SanctionsD.Folkways and Mores

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IV. Many Cultural Worlds

A. SubculturesB. Countercultures

IV. Many Cultural Worlds

A. SubculturesB. Countercultures

Cowboy Culture

IV. Many Cultural Worlds

A. SubculturesB. Countercultures

The Case of the Mormo

ns (Don’t blame me. The

textbook

started it.)

V. Values in the U.S. Society

V. Values in the U.S. Society

A. Core Values B. Value ClustersC. Value Contradictions and

Social ChangeD. “Ideal” v. “Real” Culture

V. Values in the U.S. Society

A. Core Values B. Value ClustersC. Value Contradictions and

Social ChangeD. “Ideal” v. “Real” Culture

V. Values in the U.S. Society

A. Core Values B. Value ClustersC. Value Contradictions and

Social ChangeD. “Ideal” v. “Real” Culture

V. Values in the U.S. Society

A. Core Values B. Value ClustersC. Value Contradictions and

Social ChangeD. “Ideal” v. “Real” Culture

VI. Technology in the Global Village

VI. Technology in the Global

Village

A. What is technology?B. New TechnologyC. Cultural Leveling

VI. Technology in the Global

Village

A. What is technology?B. New Technology

1. Cultural Lag2. Cultural Change

C. Cultural Leveling

VI. Technology in the Global

Village

A. What is technology?B. New Technology

1. Cultural Lag2. Cultural Change

C. Cultural Leveling

VI. Technology in the Global

Village

A. What is technology?B. New Technology

1. Cultural Lag2. Cultural Change

C. Cultural Leveling

VI. Technology in the Global

Village

A. What is technology?B. New TechnologyC. Cultural Leveling

VIII.Additional Key Terms

SymbolSapir-Whorf

Hypothesis“Mass Media

in Social Life”

VII. ReviewCulture

Shared beliefs and behaviors

I. ComponentsA. Symbols: objects with

agreed upon meaningB. Language: most important

system of symbolsa. Sapir-Worf: language

influences perception

II. Cultural DiversityA. Subculture: group with a

distinctive lifestyle within a society

B. Counterculture: group with behavior contrary to the dominant culture