SOCI 2013 1st Edition Lecture 5 Current LectureTake a look at the SWA and look at the dead lines.A. Culture – society – a changing worlda. Culture – a total way of “BE-ING” (most basic action verb?) – knowledge, language, values, customs, material objects, passed on person-to-person and generation to generation.b. Importance of Culturei. Humans need culture to surviveii. Society needs culture to survive (stability – certainty)iii. We are “society”, we CREATE “society”, are RE-CREATE “society” continuously.iv. Society needs culture to survive because we need that predictability and stability to survive.c. Culture – Material and Non-materiali. Material culture – physical creations – make, use, share1. Technology (through which raw material transformed)ii. Non-Material Culture – abstract – intangible – concepts1. Language – beliefs – values – rulesd. Cultural Universali. Over 70 cultural universals (George Murdock)ii. Appearance – activities – customs – social institutions1. “Intrinsic” or “imposed”2. In different cultures things change. Are people accepting change on their own or are they imposed on them?iii. NOTE- what ware cultural universals for college students? Where do the “standards” of what’s acceptable come from?e. Social Institutions (Adams)i. Family – reproduction and child careii. Economy – produce and distribute goods/ serviceiii. Political system – group decisions – mediation – protectiv. Education – socialization and technology transferv. Religion – belief question – values creation / enforceB. Components of Culturea. Symbols – anything that represents anything elsei. Where do they come from? What do they reveal?b. Language – symbols that successfully communicate ideasThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.i. Sapir-whorf hypothesis – words shape perceptionii. Note: facebook “Douglas Adams” for recent articles in newsiii. Does Linguistic heterogeneity affect creativity?1. Does stuff in your head (your knowledge) affect your creativity?c. Values – criteria for evaluation of good/badi. Core American Values – individualism – achievementii. Value contradictionsiii. Idea Culture (how it should be) – Real Culture (how it is)iv. Note: What are the core values of college freshmen?d. Norms i. Formal (i.e. laws) and informal (unwritten standards)ii.