Culture
Chapter 2
Chapter Overview
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
Introduction
What is culture?
Components of Symbolic Culture
Many Cultural Worlds
Values in the U.S.
Technology in the Global Village
Review
I. Introduction
A. Demonstration
B. Introductory “Quiz”
I. Introduction
A. Demonstration
B. Introductory “Quiz”
I. Introduction
A. Demonstration
B. Introductory “Quiz”
1. Waiting your turn is a
universal concept.
False
2. A sanction is the means by
which something is formally
made sacred.
False
3. A word is a symbol.
True
4. Our language determines
how we perceive the world.
True
5. Subcultures generally go
counter to the existing
culture.
False
6. Freedom, democracy,
equality, group superiority,
and racism are all underlying
core values shared by
Americans.
True
7. Anyone can be successful
in America if one tries hard
enough.
It’s highly debatable.
8. Technology affects the
way people think and how
they relate to each other.
True
9. Usually a group’s material
culture changes first and
then the nonmaterial culture
has to catch up with it.
True
10. What is beautiful in one
culture can be judged as
ugly in another.
True
II. What is culture?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
Definition
A Zen story
Types of culture
Ethnocentrism
Cultural relativism
Y.J.U.
II. What is culture?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
Definition
A Zen story
Types of culture
Ethnocentrism
Cultural relativism
Y.J.U.
II. What is culture?
A. Definition
Q: What do you want to pass down to your
children?
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
A Zen story
Types of culture
Ethnocentrism
Cultural relativism
Y.J.U.
II. What is culture?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
Definition
A Zen story
Types of culture
Ethnocentrism
Cultural relativism
Y.J.U.
II. What is culture?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
Definition
A Zen story
Types of culture
Ethnocentrism
Cultural relativism
Y.J.U.
II. What is culture?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
Definition
A Zen story
Types of culture
Ethnocentrism
Cultural relativism
Y.J.U.
II. What is culture?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
Definition
A Zen story
Types of culture
Ethnocentrism
Cultural relativism
Y.J.U.
II. What is culture?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
Definition
A Zen story
Types of culture
Ethnocentrism
Cultural relativism
Y.J.U.
Y.J.U.: Cultural Relativity
is always a good idea.
III. Components of Symbolic
Culture
A.
B.
C.
D.
Gestures
Language
Values, Norms, & Sanctions
Folkways and Mores
III. Components of Symbolic
Culture
A.
B.
C.
D.
Gestures
Language
Values, Norms, & Sanctions
Folkways and Mores
III. Components of Symbolic
Culture
A.
B.
C.
D.
Gestures
Language
Values, Norms, & Sanctions
Folkways and Mores
III. Components of Symbolic
Culture
A.
B.
C.
D.
Gestures
Language
Values, Norms, & Sanctions
Folkways and Mores
III. Components of Symbolic
Culture
A.
B.
C.
D.
Gestures
Language
Values, Norms, & Sanctions
Folkways and Mores
Classifications of Norms
Severity of punishment
Degree of Importance
Low
Low
High
Very High
High
Very High
Folkway
More
Taboo
IV. Many Cultural Worlds
A. Subcultures
B. Countercultures
IV. Many Cultural Worlds
A. Subcultures
B. Countercultures
Cowboy Culture
IV. Many Cultural Worlds
A. Subcultures
B. Countercultures
The Case of
the
Mormons
(Don’t
blame me.
The
textbook
started
it.)
V. Values in the U.S. Society
V. Values in the U.S. Society
A. Core Values
B. Value Clusters
C. Value Contradictions and Social
Change
D. “Ideal” v. “Real” Culture
V. Values in the U.S. Society
A. Core Values
B. Value Clusters
C. Value Contradictions and Social
Change
D. “Ideal” v. “Real” Culture
V. Values in the U.S. Society
A. Core Values
B. Value Clusters
C. Value Contradictions and Social
Change
D. “Ideal” v. “Real” Culture
V. Values in the U.S. Society
A. Core Values
B. Value Clusters
C. Value Contradictions and Social
Change
D. “Ideal” v. “Real” Culture
VI. Technology in the Global Village
VI. Technology in the Global Village
A. What is technology?
B. New Technology
C. Cultural Leveling
VI. Technology in the Global Village
A. What is technology?
B. New Technology
1. Cultural Lag
2. Cultural Change
C. Cultural Leveling
VI. Technology in the Global Village
A. What is technology?
B. New Technology
1. Cultural Lag
2. Cultural Change
C. Cultural Leveling
VI. Technology in the Global Village
A. What is technology?
B. New Technology
1. Cultural Lag
2. Cultural Change
C. Cultural Leveling
VI. Technology in the Global Village
A. What is technology?
B. New Technology
C. Cultural Leveling
VIII.Additional Key Terms
Symbol
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
“Mass Media in Social
Life”
VII. Review
Culture
Shared beliefs and behaviors
I. Components
A. Symbols: objects with agreed upon
meaning
B. Language: most important system
of symbols
a. Sapir-Worf: language influences
perception
II.
Cultural Diversity
A. Subculture: group with a
distinctive lifestyle within a
society
B. Counterculture: group with
behavior contrary to the dominant
culture