CULTURE AND SOCIALIZATION THE FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL STRUCTURE

BUILDING SOCIAL STRUCTURE NATURE vs. NURTURE

GREAT QUESTION WHY DO WE DO WHAT WE DO? –S–SOCIOLOGICAL RESPONSE: WE LEARN OUR SOCIAL BEHAVIOR –G–GROUP INTERACTION –U–UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE

SOCIAL BEHAVIOR TWO LEVELS –MACRO –MICRO

SHARED SOCIAL VARIABLES CULTURE MATERIAL NON-MATERIAL

NON-MATERIAL CULTURE AN HISTORICALLY DURABLE FRAMEWORK –RELIGION –LANGUAGE –FAMILY STRUCTURE –MUSIC –ART

MATERIAL CULTURE THE CONTEMPORARY BACKBONE OF AMERICAN SOCIETY –POSTMODERN SOCIETY –CONSUMERISM –GLOBALIZATION

DEPENDENCE ON SHARED COMPONENTS OF STRUCTURE NORMS – THE BEHAVIOR WE MOST COMMONLY EXPECT TO ENCOUNTER –MORÉS –CUSTOMS –FOLKWAYS

COMPLEXITY OF NORMS HISTORICALLY – RELATIVE ISOLATION CONTEMPORARY – CULTURAL FUSION MASS MEDIA ELECTRONIC MEDIAL TRAVEL EMERGENT CONFLICT

SOCIAL IMPACT? CULTURE SHOCK – RESULT OF ENCOUNTER WITH BEHAVIOR DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND OR ACCEPT CULTURAL RELATIVISM – JUDGEMENT BASED VALUATION/DEVALUATION OF SOCIAL PRACTICES AND BEHAVIORS

ETHNOCENTRIC PROCESSES USING ONE’S OWN CULTURE AS A STANDARD FOR THE JUDGEMENT OF OTHER CULTURES WITH ELEVATION OF SELF BEING THE MOST COMMON, BUT NOT UNIVERSAL, RESULT.

IMPACT OF CULTURAL CONFLICT FEAR SUSPICION REJECTION CONTEMPT