hw quiz 3

culture war

Conflict within mainstream society about which values and norms should be upheld extreme clashes in values that occur when there are efforts to change core values in society

examples of symbolic culture

Gestures, language, values, norms, sanctions, folkways, and mores

sanctions

How informal norms are enforced in everyday settings

cultural relativism

The ability to understand another culture in terms of that culture's own norms and values, without reference to any other cultural standards

technological determinism

The view that technology is the single greatest influence on society today

taboo

What kind of norm is so deeply ingrained that the very thought of breaking it brings feelings of disgust or horror

signs

anything designed to meaningfully represent something else

culture

includes the habits and lifestyle choices of a group of people includes customs and rituals, as well as tools and artifacts shapes and defines who we are. encompasses every aspect of social life

real culture

norms and values people actually follow

order of severity for norms

taboo, mores, folkways

gestures

the sociological term for signs people make with their bodies

Edward Sapir and Benjamin Whorf

the two anthropologists who studied the Hopi of the southwestern United States and concluded that language not only expresses our thoughts but also shapes the way we think