logging in or signing up Chapter2 cgoings Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 587 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: March 15, 2009 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 1 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Chapter 2The Concept of Culture : Chapter 2The Concept of Culture Defining Features of Culture Attitudes That Hinder the Study of Culture Cultural Relativism Describing a Culture Some Assumptions about Culture Defining Features of Culture : Defining Features of Culture Culture is a set of learned behaviors and ideas that are characteristic of a particular society or other social group. Some anthropologists include material culture in defining culture. Defining Features of Culture : Defining Features of Culture Culture is Commonly Shared Culture is Learned Language Defining Features of Culture : Defining Features of Culture Culture is Commonly Shared The size of a group within which cultural traits are shared can vary from a particular society or a segment of that society to a group that transcends national boundaries. Defining Features of Culture : Defining Features of Culture Culture is Learned A defining feature of culture is that it is learned. Humans have a unique way of transmitting their culture through the use of spoken, symbolic language. Attitudes That Hinder the Study of Cultures : Attitudes That Hinder the Study of Cultures The person who judges other cultures solely in terms of his or her own culture is practicing Ethnocentrism. Cultural Relativism : Cultural Relativism The anthropological attitude that a society’s customs and ideas should be described objectively and understood in the context of that society’s problems and opportunities became known as Cultural Relativism. Describing a Culture : Describing a Culture Individual Variation Cultural Constraints Ideal Versus Actual Cultural Patterns How to Discover Cultural Patterns Describing a Culture : Describing a Culture Cultural Constraints Standards or rules about what is acceptable behavior are referred to as Norms. Direct Indirect Describing a Culture : Describing a Culture Ideal Versus Actual Cultural Patterns Ideal cultural patterns refer to a society’s ideas (values and norms) about how people should feel and behave in certain situations. Describing a Culture : Describing a Culture How to Discover Cultural Patterns Two methods of discovery: Direct Observation Sample Some Assumptions about Culture : Some Assumptions about Culture Culture is Generally Adaptive Culture is Mostly Integrated Culture is Always Changing You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
Chapter2 cgoings Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 587 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: March 15, 2009 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 1 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Chapter 2The Concept of Culture : Chapter 2The Concept of Culture Defining Features of Culture Attitudes That Hinder the Study of Culture Cultural Relativism Describing a Culture Some Assumptions about Culture Defining Features of Culture : Defining Features of Culture Culture is a set of learned behaviors and ideas that are characteristic of a particular society or other social group. Some anthropologists include material culture in defining culture. Defining Features of Culture : Defining Features of Culture Culture is Commonly Shared Culture is Learned Language Defining Features of Culture : Defining Features of Culture Culture is Commonly Shared The size of a group within which cultural traits are shared can vary from a particular society or a segment of that society to a group that transcends national boundaries. Defining Features of Culture : Defining Features of Culture Culture is Learned A defining feature of culture is that it is learned. Humans have a unique way of transmitting their culture through the use of spoken, symbolic language. Attitudes That Hinder the Study of Cultures : Attitudes That Hinder the Study of Cultures The person who judges other cultures solely in terms of his or her own culture is practicing Ethnocentrism. Cultural Relativism : Cultural Relativism The anthropological attitude that a society’s customs and ideas should be described objectively and understood in the context of that society’s problems and opportunities became known as Cultural Relativism. Describing a Culture : Describing a Culture Individual Variation Cultural Constraints Ideal Versus Actual Cultural Patterns How to Discover Cultural Patterns Describing a Culture : Describing a Culture Cultural Constraints Standards or rules about what is acceptable behavior are referred to as Norms. Direct Indirect Describing a Culture : Describing a Culture Ideal Versus Actual Cultural Patterns Ideal cultural patterns refer to a society’s ideas (values and norms) about how people should feel and behave in certain situations. Describing a Culture : Describing a Culture How to Discover Cultural Patterns Two methods of discovery: Direct Observation Sample Some Assumptions about Culture : Some Assumptions about Culture Culture is Generally Adaptive Culture is Mostly Integrated Culture is Always Changing