Culture
Intangible Creation of Society
What is Nonmaterial Culture?
Society was more than just the people who lived in it (gave the discipline of sociology its name)
Who is Comte?
The intended social function of an institution that is good and useful.
What is Manifest Function? Give an example
A system of symbols with meaning that members of society understand to communicate with each other.
What is Language?
Co-existence of multiple cultures
What is Multiculturalism?
Cognitive disorientation occurs when a person is introduced to a culture radically different than their own
What is culture shock?
People are less likely to commit suicide if they have strong bonds with others
Who is Durkheim?
Unintended social function of an institution that is good and useful (not reason institution exists).
What is a Latent Function? Give an example.
Standards people use to evaluate whether something or someone is good or bad (desirable or undesirable).
What are values?
Way of looking at the world through the lens of Western (Euro) culture
What is Eurocentrism?
No single way to judge all cultures, and each culture's values and beliefs should be understood in relation to its own unique context.
What is culture relativism?
Identified that there is a difference between manifest and latent function
Who is Merton?
Meaning we give to objects, processes, ideas, concepts, and systems
What is Function/Symbolic Interactionism?
Ideas of expected behavior by members of a society (guide our behavior).
What are Norms?
Focuses on the experiences of African people looking at their history, culture, and society (from their perspective)
What is Afrocentrism?
Tangible products of human society
What is Artifacts/Material Culture?
Goffman's social behavior model could be compared to_______.
What are the stage and actors?
Social structures or institutions that have negative consequences.
What is dysfunction?
Norms that have little significance
What are Folkways?
Judging another person's culture based on your values and standards
What is Ethnocentrism?
A group of people or animals in a society or culture learn and share knowledge.
What is Culture Transmission?
Religion is the "sign of the oppressed creature" (opiate of the masses)
Who is Karl Marx?
Scientific study of social interactions and the products of social interactions (Easterling's Definition)
What is sociology?
Morally binding norms (necessary for the smooth functioning of a society)
What are Mores?
Everything in society serves a purpose (for example, the human organism)
What is Structural Functionalism?