Culture
Culture shock
Culture shock
Culture shock
Culture shock
Culture shock
Components of Culture Material culture Nonmaterial culture Computers Religion, ideas, values, beliefs, customs
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis World perceived with cultural lens of language
How does culture control us? Norms Guidelines for behavior Prescriptive “should do” Proscriptive “should not do” Folkways Mores Taboos Sanctions
How do cultures change? Invention Discovery Diffusion
Culture lag Different cultural elements change at different rates
Cultural Diversity Ideal VS Real culture Subculture Counterculture Poets, musicians, Amish Counterculture Cultural patterns that oppose those that are widely held Militia groups New cultures Immigrants (Asia and Latin America)
Interpreting Culture Ethnocentrism Cultural relativism Judging a culture by your own standards Cultural relativism Judging another culture by its own standards
Cultural Universals Part of every known culture Heterosexuality Marriage