Society &
Culture
Culture
The beliefs, rules, customs, and traditions is
Nonmaterial culture
The sum total of all cultures within a given territory.
What is society?
This expresses our cultural values
What are words?
This theory says that within a culture there is constant struggle.
What is Conflict Theory?
Life-long learning
What is socialization
Knowledge, language, and values with a shared, learned, experience
What is culture?
Members learn about their culture through
What is enculturation?
Language is viewed as a symbol
What is our social identity?
This theory believes that culture is transmitted through social interaction
What is Symbolic Interactionism?
Important tool of socialization before social media
What is television?
A system of interrelated symbols, for people to communicate
What is language?
Members of a society learn through family, schools, church, and media, and is considered
What is formal process of enculturation?
Children learn easier during this time of their lives
What is critical period?
A system of interdependence, meets basic needs of members.
What is culture according to Functionalism
Specific messages for boys and girls
What is gender socialization?
Things made like a car or a building is considered
What is material culture
Informal learning of culture is called
What is socialization?
The structure of language determines a native speakers perception and categorization of an experience
What is Linguistic Relativity Theory?
This group in society determines the cultural beliefs and work to stay in power
What is the dominant group?
These become solid by the age of 4.
What are ethnic values?
Our social identity is based on societal pressures to conform
What is a Social-Self Identity theory? AKA the Looking-Glass Self
The most important symbols in a culture
What is language?
These three-concepts are expressed through language
What is ideas, knowledge, and experience?
According to this theory culture values efficiency and productivity
What is Functionalism?
Bigotry and racism are transmitted unconsciously
What is passed down generationally?