culture ch. 3

CULTURECH. 3Sociology

Basis of Culture Culture and Society

Culture- knowledge, language, values, customs, and objects passed down through generations

Helps to explain human behavior

Material or No? 2 types of things passed down

Material Cell phones, buildings, computers

Non Material Beliefs, customs, rules

Cheese Rolling http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pyvt

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Bulls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aM_3-00qX4

Society A group of people that live in defined

territory and have common culture Way of life for certain groups of people

Culture and Heredity Instincts- genetically inherited patterns of

behavior Non human rely more on instincts

Reflexes- automatic reaction to physical stimuli sneezing

Sociobiology Sociobiology-study of

biological basis of human behaviorBelieve that behaviors that help the most are biologically transferred

Section 2

Symbols, Language, Culture

Cultural TransmissionThe creation and transmission of culture

Symbols Things that stand for or represent

something elseSnapping in Brazil

Language and Culture Language allows us to create

cultureWith language, humans can pass ideas, experiences, and knowledge to others

Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Hypothesis of Linguistic Relativity

Our perception of the world depends on our language we learned

Since languages differ, so do perceptions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_xUIDRxdmc

Vocab When something is important, it has

many words When something is not important, it may

not have one word

Toilet How many ways can you say toilet

Toilet Vocabulary Throne Comfort Station Commode Toilet Pot

http://www.rotorooter.com/blog/101-names-for-a-toilet-marking-101-years-since-thomas-crappers-death/

Toilet Videos http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpK86OqqROc

Ode to the Commode video

Other Factors How we see things is influenced

by more than just languageCultures differ, and this may influence them experiencing things differently

Famous US Sayings A penny saved is a penny _____________ Better safe than _______________ Better late than _________________ Hard work beats talent when talent

________________________ No news is ________________

Answers A penny saved is a penny earned Better safe than sorry Better late than never Hard work beats talent when talent

doesn’t work hard No news is good news

Famous International Sayings

What you can do today, don’t put it off ___________________ (Germany)

A bird in the hand is worth ___________________ (England)

A closed mouth ____________________________ (Italy)

A good husband is _________________________ (Japan)

A monkey never thinks ___________________ (Haitain)

Answers What you can do today, don’t put it off

until tomorrow (Germany) A bird in the hand is worth two in the

bush (England) A closed mouth catches no flies (Italy) A good husband is healthy and absent

(Japan) A monkey never thinks her baby’s ugly

(Haitian)

Sec 3Norms and

Values

Norms Rules defining appropriate and

inappropriate behavior So engrained in behavior we don’t even

realize it Senegal

Never eat with left hand, considered offensive Zambia

Avoid direct eye contact with opposite sex http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ngAu

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Folkways, Mores, and LawsFolkwaysRules that cover customary ways of

thinkingSleeping on a bed rather than a floordisapproval is low

Mores Deals with what is

right and wrong Conformity is

supported, and are of great moral significance

Taboo Norm so strong, if

violated you will get punished

Videos

Laws Defined and enforced by officials

Consciously created and enforced

Weird Laws It is illegal for a vehicle

without a driver to exceed 60 miles per hour

It is legal to beat your wife on the court house steps on Sundays.

It is illegal to fart in a public place after 6 P.M. on Thursdays.

it’s illegal to paint your lawn red.

Answers California South Carolina Florida Kentucky

Values Broad ideas about what most people

consider desirable

Why important? Form the basis for norms

Involved in most aspects of daily life Achievement and Success Democracy