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