week one
A large group of people who live in the same area and share a way of life
What is a Society?
Everyday culture shared by many people (e.g. pop music, movies)
What is pop culture?
These innovations, when highly successful, often accelerate social change
What are inventions?
A way our brains learn to connect two unrelated things, discovered by a Russian scientist with dogs.
What is Pavlovian conditioning?
This influencer and her squad are criticised in the documentary "Bad Influencers"
Who is Piper Rockelle?
Having many different types of people or things in a group
What is diversity?
It's passed down from one generation to the next and shapes how we see the world and interact
What is culture?
Learning how to behave in society
What is socialization?
A chemical in your brain that makes you feel good (C8H11NO2)
What is dopamine?
This invention helped popularize Italian food across America.
What are Spaghetti O's?
A group of people who are related to each other
What is a family?
A cultural element that affects how we communicate
What is language?
Our behavior and how we communicate or relate to others.
What is social interaction?
This gambling device was compared to an iPhone
What is a slot machine?
The man who changed the world by making McDonalds extremely popular.
Who is Ray Kroc?
Rules that tell us how to behave in different situations
What are Norms?
This is what a culture thinks is true
What is a belief?
The fact that some people have more advantages than others.
What is inequality?
This idea suggests that humans evolved to be caring, cooperative and empathetic
What is survival of the friendliest?
The excessive use of goods and services, often leading to negative consequences
What is overconsumption?
The way people are expected to act in certain situations
What are roles?
How cultural ideas spreads, like tea, across a population.
What is social diffusion?
A social structure that we can't image life without
When rewards come at random times and amounts
What is Intermittent Variable Reinforcement?
Where the custom is to race down after a cheese wheel.
Where is Cooper's Hill in Gloucestershire, England?