Introduction to Sociology: Chapter 3 Study Guide
Lecture Outline: Culture (pgs 74-89)
I. Defining Culture
A. Culture
B. Ethnocentrism
II. Types of Culture
A. Material vs. Non-Material
1. Cultural Lag
B. Studying Types of Culture
1. Cultural Relativism
2. Cultural Scripts
3. Subcultures
III. Components of Culture
A. Norms
1. Types of Norms
B. Values
C. Reflection Theory
Core concepts, people, and terms you need to know from this chapter:
Culture Shock
Does mass media create social norms or reflect them?
What is culture?
Culture = Human – nature
Culture = (superior) man – (inferior) man
Ethnocentrism
How did colonialism lead to ethnocentrism?
Material culture
Non-material culture
Ideology
Cultural Relativism
Cultural scripts
Subcultures
Norms
What are the main types of norms?
How are norms enforced?
Values
Reflection theory