In Paul McLean’s book Culture in Networks “The term Culture is one of the most complex terms in the social sciences to define‚ but we can understand it broadly to refer to the knowledge‚ beliefs‚ expectations‚ values‚ practices‚ and material objects by means of which we craft meaningful experiences for ourselves and with each other.” So from a persons country to their city‚ from a persons school to their work‚ and from a persons belief system to their social activates each community a person belongs
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The United States as a country has a dominant culture that is composed of widely accepted values and norms from all different scopes of the world. These values and norms are observed and respected by the masses. Within the main culture of the United States there are also groups known as subcultures. A subculture is a culture within a broader mainstream culture‚ with its own separate values‚ practices‚ and beliefs. In sociology‚ the concept of subculture explains the behavior of some social groups
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His ideas‚ though‚ were greatly influenced by Freud‚ going along with Freud’s ideas about the structure and topography of personality. However‚ whereas Freud was an id psychologist‚ Erikson was an ego psychologist. He emphasized the role of culture and society and the conflicts that can take place within the ego itself‚ whereas Freud emphasized the conflict between the id and the superego. According to Erikson‚ the ego develops as it successfully resolves crises that are distinctly social
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Creating an American Culture – 1790-1860 I. Religion – by 1850 ¾ claim to be religious‚ but not most far from Puritan form A. Deism – God is great clockmaker – founding fathers B. Unitarianism – God is loving creator‚ father figure‚ people control destiny C. Second Great Awakening – attempt to return to conservative religious practice 1. Effects – more converted‚ some churches destroyed‚ others created a. Methodists/Baptists – poor attracted/non-traditional 2. Camp Meetings – traveling
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Culture - Power Distance This is a determinant basic to all societies that Hofstede has named. It is describing the distribution of "power" among individuals and groups in the society‚ and how inequalities in power are dealt with in these societies. Inequality of power is a basic fact of life. It cannot be 100% eliminated. Iit is impossible to have _no_ power distance‚ because this means everyone is exactly equal (skills‚ actions‚ genetics‚ etc) unless of course you are on about a bunch of identical
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Hip-Hop Over the course of history music has been a center piece in every culture. Every genre of music can be linked to a specific culture or demographic group. Within that link one can look at music beyond the sound of it. Music can be seen as an emotion‚ an inspiration‚ and a tool for communication. Within the last 50 years music has become a great unifier of diverse populations (www.csupomona.edu). This is evident in the songs that are written by music artist and groups. Their songs
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Taking into account the different meanings for the word values and placing that word in different circumstances like in European culture‚ Hispanic culture‚ teens of today‚ education. Values is completely different for every individual. Values can be something we can physically touch or something we embody. Traditions have an effect on the word values as well. In the past a traditional European family consisted of husband and wife with many children. However‚ as they’ve progressed there is now a
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In Native American culture‚ it is common practice to use stories as a way to teach the young children lessons. The stories were told orally‚ so therefore they could be altered to fit the needs of the group that day. The stories are aimed toward children‚ but the lessons can be grasped at any age as they deal with many of the themes of Native American Spirituality. Some of the main lessons we learned through presentations in class are we need to find a balance with nature‚ have humility to contain
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Tradition is an act‚ an activity‚ a feeling‚ or a way of thinking that has been forced into existence by repetition; without a strong effort towards repetition tradition cannot exist. Tradition is not something that arrives free of creation; tradition must be molded and formed in order to hold its form. If tradition is not pressed hard enough‚ or not enough effort is put into the creation of tradition‚ that tradition will quickly crumble. The act of continuous and conscious repetition is what molds
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whole new world unlike their own. Two major elements the colonists saw were the native “barbarians” who had their own culture and as well as the native land filled with opportunity to grow crops and many colonists had different views on how to treat these newly found treasures. When the colonists explored the Americas‚ they met many native tribes. These tribes had varying cultures depending on where they lived‚ if corn had reached them yet‚ and on how soon the Europeans met them. The colonists thought
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