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Culture Heredity

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Culture Heredity

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    1. Culture & Heredity How does culture & heredity affect social behavior? Describe how language & culture are related.

    2. Culture Knowledge, attitudes, behaviors shared by one group Material vs. Nonmaterial Guides group on how to behave Society- group shares culture Ethnic Group- group within region

    4. Changing Culture Innovation- new technology to create Diffusion- spread new ideas Cultural hearth Acculturation- societies change

    5. Nature vs. Nurture (culture vs. heredity) 50% genetic and 50% environment Reflexes- reaction to physical stimuli Drives- impulse to relieve discomfort Eat, drink, sleep…. Expressions- nurtured to express emotions or thoughts

    7. Sociobiology People survive due to genetic code telling them what to do– instincts Darwinism

    8. CT? Are we born human or do we become human? Think about what we are born with and what we have to develop. Don’t limit your thought. Respond freely

    9. Symbols Different cultures- different views Language- passes on knowledge & innovations Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis- language is guide to reality Linguistic Relativity: Important vs. Unimportant Time in US/ Sin in China (0 Words)/ Intuits 20 Snow Language traps people in cultures New language opens minds/ racial slurs

    10. Homework Pg 75 1,4,5 Pg 79 3,4

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