A Little More About Culture
• Overt vs. Covert culture
• Ideal vs. Real culture
• World view
Culture Change
• Discovery and Invention
– Culture lag
• Diffusion
• Acculturation
– Melting Pot
– Salad Bowl (cultural pluralism)
– Host conformity (assimilation)
What is Culture?
• Values & Norms
– Value = abstract concept
– Norm = rules of behavior
• Folkways
• Mores
• Laws
– Artifacts: material objects associated
with the norm
What is Culture?
• Discussion Board Exercise
– Choose a value and brainstorm a list of norms
associated with it—don’t forget to include
artifacts
What is Culture? ~Norms
• Social Institutions
– Patterned sets of behaviors (norms) constructed
to satisfy basic human needs
Economics
Political Systems
Family
Marriage
Religion
Linguistic
Aesthetic
Kinship
What is Culture? ~Norms
• Social Control
– Acceptable ways to ensure members adhere to
norms
• Positive & Negative
• Official & Unofficial
• Norm violation
– Incest
– Murder
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Steel Mills: http://walkingthefenceline.files.wordpress.com/2006/09/steel-mill.jpg
American Dream: http://www.flavorphoto.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/American%20Dream%20Upload.jpg
Kayakers: http://anncecil.wetserver.net/details.jsp?imageid=1101 (used with permission)
Mt. Ranier: http://www.washingtonwaterfrontvacationrentals.com/images/Rainier.jpg
Café Ladro: http://seattlest.com/attachments/seattle_seth/ladro.JPG
Hippies: http://www.youngamericans.org/Images/Hippies.jpg
Human Rights: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/society/equality/wfeld-g01.jpg
Melting Pot: http://regentsprep.org/Regents/ushisgov/themes/immigration/melting_pot.gif
Chinatown: http://www.theschoolbell.com/Links/Chinatown/chinatown.JPEG
First automobile: http://regentsprep.org/Regents/ushisgov/themes/immigration/melting_pot.gif
Pajamas: http://www.shinyshiny.tv/footed%20pajamas.jpg