5 Concepts
The concept that involves language, norms, values, knowledge, symbols, and physical objects
Culture
Sociology is the scientific study of ____ and human behavior
Society
This component of culture can be written, spoken, or non-verbal
Language
This is a norm that is not talked about frequently but violating it can get you cast out of society
Taboo
Chinatown, student athletes, Midwesterners, and Christian denomination are examples of this type of culture
Subcultures
A boss and the president both fit under this concept
Power
This theory is focused on how individuals and societies place meaning on symbols
Symbolic Interactionism
All the symbols, ideas, and behaviors that are commonly understood in a society
Non material culture
Understanding cultures without influence from someone’s own cultural perspective
Cultural relativism
The hippies of the 1960s fit into this type of culture
Counterculture
Refers to patterns of social behavior and helps to explain relationships between individuals and groups in society
Social structure
This theory focuses on the tensions between groups and how power shapes societies
Conflict Theory
This is the component of culture that includes clothes, foods, and architecture.
Material culture (physical objects)
Culture shock
Culture of the elites in a society
High culture
The way a person's actions are related to their environment
Social action
Three major concepts in this theory are manifest functions, latent functions, and dysfunction.
Functionalism
This is a norm that is tied to rules like laws or school policies
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_________ is when you judge cultures based on the standards of your own culture
Ethnocentrism
Type of culture that is practiced by most people in a society
Low/popular culture
This concept refers to the way parts of a system work together. Each part needs to contribute for the whole thing to work.
Functional integration
This is an important theorist in Conflict Theory
Karl Marx or Durkheim
Norms that are not formal, don't have official sanctions
Folkway
Broad standards used to decide good and bad
Values
Type of culture that is practiced by traditional groups, often in isolation (ex. Lakota oral traditions)
Folk culture