Terms
A group of people who live in a definable community and share the same culture.
Society
Considered the father of Sociology
Auguste Comte
All the shared products of human groups
Culture
Norms that do not have large moral significance attached to them.
Folkways
Written rules of conduct that are enacted and enforced by the government.
Laws
Wrote the Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx
Beliefs, Religion, language, family patterns, dress, food,
Technology, social media, globalization
Shared beliefs about what is good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable.
Values
Studied the causes of Suicide
Emile Durkheim
Material and non-material
Types of culture
Examples of Cults
Certain elements shared by all societies
Cultural universals
Applied the theories of Darwinism to Sociology. Studied the causes of Social change
Herbert Spencer
Attending a symphony or opera
Example of High Culture
Example of Countercultures
KKK, Hippies
A social group defined by its unorthodox beliefs, strong devotion to a charismatic leader and practices that are often outside mainstream norms
Cults
Studied the relationship between religion and society
Max Weber
How culture spreads
Diffusion
saying thank-you, opening a door for someone,
Examples of Mores or folkways