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
Chinatown, student athletes, Midwesterners, and Christian denominations are examples of this type of culture
Subcultures
Viewing culture in its own context
Cultural relativism
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
This is the way that norms are enforced (can be positive or negative and formal or informal)
Sanctions
The hippies of the 1960s fit into this type of culture
Counterculture
A culture that intentionally opposes the dominant culture is what?
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 of the elites in a society
High culture
Walking red carpets and going on talk shows is what kind of culture?
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 an unspoken expectation, has informal sanctions
Folkway
Type of culture that is practiced by most people in a society
Low/popular culture
_________ is when you judge cultures based on the standards of your own culture
Ethnocentrism
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
This is the system of beliefs that norms are based on
Values
Type of culture that is practiced by traditional groups, often in isolation (ex. Lakota oral traditions)
Folk culture
A culture that is part of the dominant culture but has some differences
Subculture