Quiz 3 Flashcards
What is the basic definition of culture?
How does a group of people see the world
What are the 3 elements of culture?
The beliefs, values, mindset, worldview, (idea stuff)
Common Practices (Rituals)(Action Stuff)
Material artifacts of a group of people (actual stuff)
What is cultural relativism?
the principle of understanding other cultures on their own terms, rather than judging or evaluating according to one’s own culture
What is material culture?
the objects associated with a cultural group, such as tools, machines, utensils, buildings, and artwork; any physical object to which we give social meaning
What is non-material culture?
The ideas associated with a cultural group, including ways of thinking (beliefs, values, and assumptions) and ways of behaving(norms, interactions, and communication)
What is ideal culture?
How they want to view themselves
What is real culture?
How they really are and really like
What is the nature-nurture debate?
The ongoing discussion of the respective roles of genetics and socialization in determining individual behaviors and traits
What side of the Nature V Nurture debate do sociologists usually take?
Sociology heavily privileges the “Raised this way” side of debate.
What was Freuds main argument?
We are born the way that we are born and their is no way to change that.
What was Meads main argument?
Developing our “self” is a relative process that only only comes about through social interaction
What is id?
The basic inborn drives that are the source of instinctive psychic energy
What is ego?
The realistic aspect of the mind that balances the forces of the id and the superego
What is superego?
The internalized demands of society
Whats Meads social self?
An unfolding identity that only develops in the context of social interaction, and we see ourselves through the perception of others.
