Lessons 1 & 2
This is the knowledge, language, values, customs, and objects within a society and is passed down from generation to generation.
What is culture?
These are codified norms that are formally defined and enforced.
What are laws?
The creation of the steel plow allowed homesteaders to settle the West in America, and is an example of this kind of cultural change.
What is invention?
Pulling your hand away from a hot stove top is an example of this kind of response.
What is a reflex?
Cannibalism is an example of this kind of norm, which are never to be broken.
What are TABOOS?
Within a track team, there are sprinters, distance runners, throwers, and jumpers; which are all examples of this type of group.
What are subcultures?
This is the systematic study of how biology influences human behavior.
What is sociobiology?
Using proper table manners is an example of following one of these, which are generally understood guidelines of behavior within society.
What are folkways?
What is ethnocentrism?
What are instincts?
In America, burning a flag would be in violation of one of these, which are of vital importance to a society.
What are MORES?
Ordering Bamboo Village takeout in LeMars is an example of this kind of cultural change.
What is diffusion?
The Japanese language has multiple levels of honorifics, or politeness. This linguistic structure reinforces this sociological idea where language influences the way we reprieve the war.
What is the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis?
Getting shushed for talking too loud in a movie theater would be an example of one of these, which can be applied by most members of society.
What is an informal sanction?
These are all the ways in which a culture uniquely expresses their universal traits.
What are cultural particulars?