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Sociology and Culture

If culture is so hard to define, why to Sociologists try?

Review

What is culture?

What are the three key social sciences that attempt to examine social behaviour?

Define: 1. structural functionalism

2. symbolic interactionalist

3. conflict

4. feminist

5. post modern

2 New Terms (yes write these down)

Cultural Materialism: Human social life is a response to the needs of survival and then the wants of people who have met those needs. Therefore, human cultural groups can be studied through an examination of their “ things” and how they get them.Sociobiology: Human behaviour can be explained through evolution and genetics. People ultimately want to reproduce, eat, and defend their food, mates, and offsspring.

Categorization of approaches to cultureExample Category (1. Your

Guess) (2. Mine)Reason for your guess

Max Headroom Coke Commercial (Video)

Japanese Divorce Ceremony (CNN Video)

Suri Lip Plates (Video)

Horror of Female Circumcision (Video/Disturbing)

Quiet Kid in Prison (Video)

Dos Equis Commercial - Most Interesting Man In The World - YouTube

American Idol Simon and Ryan Fight (video)

Categorization of approaches to culture “Answers”Example Category Reason

Max Headroom Coke Commercial (Video)

Cultural Materalism

Japanese Divorce Ceremony (CNN Video)

Structural Functionalist

Suri Lip Plates (Video) Symbolic Interactionalist

Horror of Female Circumcision (Video/Disturbing)

Feminist

Quiet Kid in Prison (Video) Post Modern

Dos Equis Commercial - Most Interesting Man In The World - YouTube

Sociobiology

American Idol Simon and Ryan Fight (video)

Conflict