Name______________________ Notes – Cultural Variation – Chapter 2, Section 2 (pp. 30-39)
What are certain cultural traditions that people are expected to follow when eating a Japanese meal?
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PICTURE pp. 31: In what ways is this Indian wedding different from a traditional American wedding?
American
Indian
What do we have in common?
Cultural Universals-__________________________________________________________________
George Murdock
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What universals did he find? ______________________________________________________
How was the make-up of the family different from culture to culture? ____________________________
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Variation Among Societies – What did Margaret Mead’s study?
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Compare the Arapesh and Mundugumor cultures.
The Arapesh
The Mundugumor
Where does power come from for the Mundugumor man?
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What did Mead conclude based on her research?
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Sociology in the World Today: Language and Culture pp. 34
“Think about it” - What is Whorf’s main point about language?
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Ethnocentrism - _______________________________________________________________________
Cultural Relativism - ____________________________________________________________________
What does cultural relativism help anthropologists and sociologists understand?
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From Case Studies pp 37 – What is cultural discontinuity?
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Why might this be a problem for students?
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Variation Within Societies
Subculture-__________________________________________________________________________
What are subcultures that sociologists recognize?
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What are some examples of subcultures and areas in the US?
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MAP pp 38: What states have the highest number of immigrants?
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What types of questions might sociologists have based on the information on this map?
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What is a counterculture?
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How do countercultures affect society?
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What does cultural variation within a society give rise to?
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Why is it important that sociologists maintain an attitude of cultural relativism?
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