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Cultural Diversity. Sociology Chapter 2. What is Culture?. Definition: All the shared products of human groups. Culture can be divided into 2 categories:. Material : things such as clothing, books, cooking utensils - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Cultural DiversitySociology Chapter 2
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What is Culture?
•Definition: All the shared products of human groups
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Culture can be divided into 2 categories:•Material: things such as clothing, books,
cooking utensils
•Non-material: creations that can not be touched such as beliefs, ideas, language, rules
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What is society versus culture?• Society: definition is a group of interdependent people
organized with common culture and unity
• Culture- things people create both material and non- material
• SOCIETY= PEOPLE and CULTURE= THINGS
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Components of Culture
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Technology
• Definition: combination of objects and rules to use those objects
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Symbols
• Definition: Anything that represents something else
• Example- any word gesture , image..• Everyone in the society must recognize the
symbol to be effective
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Language
•Definition: organization of written or spoken symbols
•Rules of grammar
•Primary means of communication
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Values
• Definition: shared beliefs about what is good or bad; right or wrong
• Values are shared from generation to generation
• Societies may have different values•One may value conflict; another
compromise
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Norms
•Definition: shared rules of conduct
•Created by society to enforce cultural values
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2 types of Norms:Folkways and Mores
•1. Folkways- socially acceptable behavior with no moral significance.• Example- get to class on time or don’t
butt in line.
•May result in a reprimand or minor punishment
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2. Mores (pronounced mor-ayz)
•Behavior with a moral importance•Violation of mores may endanger
society• Ex. Fraud, murder, dishonesty•Bigger and harsher consequences• Some mores are also laws which is a
written mores and will be enforced by the government
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High Culture