Culture

Question 1

What is culture and society?

Answer 1

• Culture: is a way of life shared by a group of individuals
  
  • provide guidelines for living
• Society: how people organize themselves
  
  • provide institutions
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Question 2

What are the 4 main point of culture and society?

Answer 2

• All people share culture with others within their society
• culture is adaptative, and evolve over time
• culture build on itself -is it cumulative and ongoing
• culture is transmitted from one generation to the next

Question 3

What is subculture vs. counterculture?

Answer 3

• Subculture: smaller than a nation but large enough to support people through a lifespan. Smaller community that differs itself from the larger society.
  
  • mexicans or orthodox jews
• Microculture: only affect limited period of one’s life, include groups and organizations.
• Counterculture: values differing greatly from larger society

Question 4

Culture lag and culture shock?

Answer 4

1. Culture lag: culture takes time to catch up with technological innovations and result in social problems
   
   1. Material culture: refers to technological aspect of our daily lives ( foods etc)
   2. Non-material culture: are not physical objects, like believes that stay for a longtime
2. Culture shock: when people feeldisorriented when they encounter unfamiliar practices

Question 5

what is diffusion in a culture?

Answer 5

1. when there is a spread of invention or discovery that is s[read from one place to another

Question 6

What is mass media?

Answer 6

1. how information is transmitted within a culture
2. Functionalist perspective: helps entertain us which helps with socialization
3. Conflict theory perspective: media can help increase the division within a society, also mass media reflects the dominant ideology. - Tokesim: they can portray stereotypes within a culture.
4. Feminist Theory: reflect the dominant ideology of how women are represented in media as sex symbols
5. Interactionist perspective: look at how mass media interact with the day to day lives of people

Question 7

What is the evolution and human cutures?

Answer 7

1. Culture is the customs and behaviors learned and socially transmitted.
   
   1. Darwin theory of evolution: both physical traits and behaviours can be selected for if they contribute to the success of the species.
   2. Evolution: can shape culture but can also think of how culture can shape human evolution. Lactose intolerant traits creates a culture of lactose free.