1. Culture

2. What is Culture? Culture: is the Language, Beliefs, values, norms, behaviors, and material objects that are passed from one generation to the next

3. Material Culture Material Culture: The tangible objects that distinguish a group of people Examples Weapons Hair styles Clothing Jewelry

4. Nonmaterial Culture Nonmaterial Culture: a groups way of thinking Examples Beliefs Values Language Music

5. Cultural Relativism Not judging a culture by your standards, but understanding a culture on its own terms.

6. Symbolic Culture (nonmaterial) Gestures: are body movements that communicate to other people

7. Language Language: a system of symbols that can be combined in an infinite number of ways to represent objects and thought

8. Values Values: The standards by which people define desirable or undesirable, good or bad, beautiful or not

9. Norms Norms: rules of behavior Sanctions: are approval or disapproval when violating or upholding norms. Folkways: norms that are not strictly enforced Mores: norms that are strictly enforced (essential core values) Taboo: a norm so strong that it brings revulsion if violated

10. What are they? Folkways, Mores, or Taboos

11. Subculture Assignment 1.Pick an American subculture and analyze it with a sociological perspective 2.Describe and give examples of the following 1.Gestures/Symbols 2.Language 3.Values 4.Norms 1.Folkways 2.Mores 5.Sanctions 3.Prepare a Keynote Presentation to present to the class