Chapter 3 pg. 56-77

Question 1

Cultural Universals and Cultural Relativism

Answer 1

ethnocentrism - to use one’s own culture to evealuate other cultures, see thoer own culture as superior
cultural relativism - to judge a culture based on beliefs and values

Question 2

theoretical approaches to culture

Conflict theory

Answer 2

Conflict theorists, however, view social structure as inherently unequal, based on power differentials related to issues like class, gender, race, and age.

racism is inherient in our culture

Question 3

theoretical approaches to culture

Feminism

Answer 3

• Men and women learn to perform unequal roles in society
• taught to conform to dominant ideology

Question 4

theoretical approaches to culture

Functionalism

Answer 4

• Culture is largely stable
• Culture is used to maintain status quo and create and maintain class differences

Question 5

theoretical approaches to culture

Symbolic Interactionism

Answer 5

culture is created, maintained and revised by individuals interacting with one another

Question 6

The role of language in culture

Answer 6

• lang. is the most general + flexible form of culture
• lang. helps us express thoughts, feelings, ideas…
• structure of language influences how we experience the world

Question 7

Subculture

Answer 7

a group that shares the cultural elements of a larger socitey but also have its own values, beliefs, norms… i.e., prison inmates, hockey fans, psychiatric patients

Question 8

Counterculture

Answer 8

subculture that rejects conventional norms and values and adopts alternative ones

Question 9

High culture

Answer 9

high income group preferences, tastes, and norms -> fine arts, classical music, ballet

-people do this to show they are cultured and have status

Question 10

Popular culture

Answer 10

The culture of “ordinary people”; the objects, prefrences and tastes that are widespread in society -> music, fashion, media, film

Question 11

Cultrual Capital

Answer 11

a body of knowledge used to get ahead in society, it includes learning about and taking part in high culture
i.e., good manners, knowing how to speak ab business, education, jobs, using proper utensils…

Question 12

Cultural Literacy

Answer 12

having general knowedge about pop culture which allows you to communicate effecyivley with a member of society-> know stuff ab shakespeare, raptors, prime minister, video games…

Question 13

Social capital

Answer 13

economic and noneconomic resources one gains from being part of a network of social relations

Question 14

Cultural Values

Question 15

Economic Behaviour

Question 16

The culture of Science