Ch 3 Flashcards
Sum total of the environment in which re are raised and continue to be socialized
Culture
Tangible items to use and give meaning; intangibles, ideas produced by intellectual or spiritual development
Material & non material culture
Language helps shape reality for those experiencing it
Sapir-whorf hypothesis
Informal norms (good vs. Crude )
Folkways
Formal norms (good vs. Bad)
Mores
Mores considered wrong in and of themselves
Taboos
Society’s customs and beliefs should be described objectively in context of its problem and opportunities
Cultural relativism
Belief that no one culture is superior and it should be the benchmark to compare other culture to
Ethnocentrism
Group differentiated from dominant culture by divergent language, worms, beliefs, values (hutherites, vegans)
Subculture
Emerge in response to special problems, criminal acts central to its existence
Deviant/delinquent subcultures
Object, image or event to represent a particular concept of culture (canada → maple leaf)
Symbol
There are contradictions between values or norms
Cultural relativism
Ethnocentrism
Conflict perspective
Collectively shared ideas about right & wrong → e.g., equality
Presumptive link to social policies, mission statements, and program
Values
Norms which tell a person what not to do in a society → don’t have casual sex
Proscriptive norms
Norms which tell a person that to do in a society → practice safe sex
Prescriptive norms
