William Sumner
________ (1906) developed this concept → positive effects (creates in group loyalties.
Sanctions
reactions people receive for following /breaking norms.
Cultural Relativism
________: not judging but we can try to understand a culture on its own terms.
Norms
________: rules of behaviour that develop out of a groups value.
Culture
________ is the lens through which we perceive and evaluate what is going on around us.
Negative sanctions
________: disapproval for breaking a norm.
can lead to discrimination
| Mores
________: norms which are essential to our core values.
Non material culture
________: a groups beliefs, way of thinking, assumptions of the world, and their actions.
| Folkways
________: norms that are not strictly enforced.
Culture shock
________: the disorientation that people experience when they come in contact with a fundamentally different group of people and can no longer depend on their granted assumptions about life.
Culture
language, beliefs, values, norms, behaviours, and even material objects that characterise a group and are passed down from generation to generation
Material culture
material objects that distinguish a group of people
Culture shock
the disorientation that people experience when they come in contact with a fundamentally different group of people and can no longer depend on their granted assumptions about life
Cultural Relativism
not judging but we can try to understand a culture on its own terms
Symbolic Culture
non-material culture
Values
standards by which people assign a label to
Norms
rules of behaviour that develop out of a groups value
Positive sanctions
approval for following a norm
| Folkways
norms that are not strictly enforced
| Mores
norms which are essential to our core values
|Taboo
a norm strongly ingrained that its violation is greeted with revulsion