culture how does society create who we are?
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CultureHow does society create who we are?
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CULTURE
How does the culture you live in effect you?
A source of freedom because it allows us to make and remake our world.
What happens when you encounter a different culture?
Culture shock!
Culture shock
Culture shock
Culture shock
Culture shock
Other examples of culture shock
Japanese fancy toilet
France – Versailles
To US. From Japan
Egypt – Plowing
Egypt - Tipping
What types of culture are there?
Material culture iPads
Nonmaterial culture Religion, ideas, values, beliefs, customs
How does language effect our perception of the world?
The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
The world is perceived with cultural lens of language
How does culture control us?
Norms Guidelines for behavior
Prescriptive “should do” Proscriptive “should not do”
Folkways Everyday living
Mores Right vs wrong - morality
Taboos
Sanctions
Do you remember?
What happens when you visit another culture?
What you believe is what type of culture?
How does language effect out perception of the world?
How does culture control us?
How do cultures change?
Invention New products New words & symbols to communicate
Discovery
Diffusion
Do all parts of culture change at the same rate?
No, different cultural elements change at different rates
Culture lag
What types of cultures are there?
Ideal VS Real culture
Subculture Poets, musicians, Amish
Counterculture Cultural patterns that oppose those that are widely held Militia groups and gangs
New cultures Immigrants (Asia and Latin America)
How can we view other cultures?
Ethnocentrism Judging a culture by your own standards
Cultural relativism Judging another culture by its own standards
What do all cultures have?
Cultural universals Part of every known culture
Language
Marriage
Music
Status levels
Do you remember?
What will cause American culture to change?
What causes parts of a culture to change at different rates?
What is the difference between a subculture and a counter culture?
What will I demonstrating if I believe another culture is wrong simply because their beliefs are different than mine?
