Culture How does society create who we are? © Robert J. Atkins, Ph.D.

 ERUTLUC  CULTURE Story

 A source of freedom because it allows us to make and remake our world. How does my culture effect me? © Robert J. Atkins, Ph.D. Ask yourself…

What happens when I meet a different culture?

Culture shock!

Culture shock

 Japanese fancy toilet  France – Versailles  Egypt – Plowing Other examples of culture shock

 Material culture  iPads  Nonmaterial culture  Religion, ideas, values, beliefs, customs What types of culture are there?

 The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis  The world is perceived with cultural lens of language How does language effect our perception of the world?

 Norms  Guidelines for behavior  Prescriptive “should do”  Proscriptive “should not do”  Folkways  Everyday living  Mores  Right vs wrong - morality  Taboos  Sanctions How does culture control me? Ask yourself…

 What happens when you visit another culture?  What you believe is what type of culture?  How does language effect out perception of the world?  How does culture control us? Do you remember?

 Invention  New products  New words & symbols to communicate  Discovery  Diffusion How do cultures change?

 No, different cultural elements change at different rates  Culture lag Do all parts of culture change at the same rate?

 Ideal VS Real culture  Subculture  Poets, musicians, Amish  Different cultural patterns  Counterculture  Cultural patterns that oppose those that are widely held  Militia groups and gangs What types of cultures are there?

 Ethnocentrism  Judging a culture by your own standards  Cultural relativism  Judging another culture by its own standards How can we view other cultures?

 Cultural universals  Part of every known culture  Language  Marriage  Music  Status levels What do all cultures have?

 What will cause American culture to change?  What causes parts of a culture to change at different rates?  What is the difference between a subculture and a counter culture?  What will I demonstrating if I believe another culture is wrong simply because their beliefs are different than mine? Do you remember?