The process through which people learn the attitudes, values, and behaviors appropriate for members of a particular culture.
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Culture
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The totality of learned, socially transmitted customs, knowledge, material objects, and behavior.
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Non-Material Culture
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Refers to ways of using material objects and to customs, beliefs, philosophies, governments, and patterns of communication.
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Material Culture
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Refers to the physical or technological aspects of our daily lives, including food items, houses, factories, and raw materials.
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Is Non-Material or Material Culture more resistant to change?
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Non-material culture is more resistant to change.
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In American society we formalize norms into what?
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In the United States, we often formalize norms into laws, which must be very precise in defining proper and improper behavior.
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Which sociological perspective believes that the most powerful groups and institutions control wealth, property, and the means to producing beliefs about reality through religion, education, and the media?
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Conflict Perspective
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Argot
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Specialized language used by members of a subculture.
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The tendency to assume one's own culture and way of life represents the norm or is superior to all others is called what?
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Ethnocentrism
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What perspective pertains to Cooley's Looking-Glass Self?
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Interactionist Perspective
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