Culture

A group’s ways of thinking (including its beliefs, values, and other assumptions about the world)

Cultural relativism requires that we suspend our own perspectives in order to grasp the perspectives of others.

If we meet someone from a different culture, the encounter may make us aware of culture’s pervasive influence on all.

¢To develop a sociological imagination, it is essential to understand how culture affects people’s lives.

Tendency to use of one’s own culture as a yardstick for judging the ways of other individuals or societies.

Ethnocentrism can lead to discrimination against people whose ways differ from ours.

The material objects that distinguish a group of people, such as their art, buildings, weapons, utensils, machines,.....

Looking at how the elements of a culture fit together, without judging them as superior or inferior to our way of life.

Movements of the body to communicate with others, are shorthand ways to convey messages without using words.

Common understandings enable us to establish a purpose for getting together.