Sociology

 Culture and Society  Culture- knowledge, language, values, customs, and objects passed down through generations  Helps to explain human behavior

 2 types of things passed down  Material  Cell phones, buildings, computers  Non Material  Beliefs, customs, rules

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 A group of people that live in defined territory and have common culture  Way of life for certain groups of people

 Instincts- genetically inherited patterns of behavior  Non human rely more on instincts  Reflexes- automatic reaction to physical stimuli  sneezing

 Sociobiology-study of biological basis of human behavior  Believe that behaviors that help the most are biologically transferred

 Cultural Transmission  The creation and transmission of culture

 Things that stand for or represent something else  Snapping in Brazil

 Language allows us to create culture  With language, humans can pass ideas, experiences, and knowledge to others

 Hypothesis of Linguistic Relativity  Our perception of the world depends on our language we learned  Since languages differ, so do perceptions

 When something is important, it has many words  When something is not important, it may not have one word

 How many ways can you say toilet

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 How we see things is influenced by more than just language  Cultures differ, and this may influence them experiencing things differently

 A penny saved is a penny _____________  Better safe than _______________  Better late than _________________  Hard work beats talent when talent ________________________  No news is ________________

 A penny saved is a penny earned  Better safe than sorry  Better late than never  Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard  No news is good news

 What you can do today, don’t put it off ___________________ (Germany)  A bird in the hand is worth ___________________ (England)  A closed mouth ____________________________ (Italy)  A good husband is _________________________ (Japan)  A monkey never thinks ___________________ (Haitain)

 What you can do today, don’t put it off until tomorrow (Germany)  A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (England)  A closed mouth catches no flies (Italy)  A good husband is healthy and absent (Japan)  A monkey never thinks her baby’s ugly (Haitian)

 Rules defining appropriate and inappropriate behavior  So engrained in behavior we don’t even realize it  Senegal  Never eat with left hand, considered offensive  Zambia  Avoid direct eye contact with opposite sex  K7SA K7SA

Folkways Rules that cover customary ways of thinking Sleeping on a bed rather than a floor disapproval is low

 Deals with what is right and wrong  Conformity is supported, and are of great moral significance  Taboo  Norm so strong, if violated you will get punished  Videos

 Defined and enforced by officials  Consciously created and enforced

 It is illegal for a vehicle without a driver to exceed 60 miles per hour  It is legal to beat your wife on the court house steps on Sundays.  It is illegal to fart in a public place after 6 P.M. on Thursdays.  it’s illegal to paint your lawn red.

 California  South Carolina  Florida  Kentucky

 Broad ideas about what most people consider desirable

 Form the basis for norms  Involved in most aspects of daily life  Achievement and Success  Democracy