March 5‚ 2013 Assignment #1 Interpreting Culture‚ Values and Norms in Taiyo Na’s “Lovely to Me” Taiyo Na’s “Lovely to Me” video touches on several social questions. A catalogue of Na’s observations of his immigrant mother’s love for him while enduring the hardships of trying to make it in today’s America‚ at the heart of “Lovely to Me” is his profound appreciation for his mother as she confronts a new society with a differing culture than hers. While Na expresses social conflict‚ he also identifies
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Difficulty: Easy 6. (p. 89) People who violate folkways are considered to be evil or bad. Difficulty: Medium 7. (p. 90) Folkways include rituals and symbolic behavior. Difficulty: Medium 8. (p. 90) The bow that is given by a Japanese business executive to another business executive is an example of symbolic behavior. Difficulty: Medium 9. (p. 90) Mores have much greater significance than folkways. Difficulty: Medium 10. (p. 91) If
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in a desk‚ and they expect the teacher to stand at the front of the classroom. Without this norm‚ the student would walk into a classroom not knowing if they should sit in the desk‚ or stand at the front of the classroom. One of type of norm are folkways‚ which are very small norms that are broken often‚ and usually there is little or no repercussion for breaking them. The repercussion for breaking norms is known as sanctions. External sanctions are the punishments given by other people‚ such as
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Sociology Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity. For many sociologists the goal is to conduct research which may be applied directly to social policy and welfare‚ while others focus primarily on refining the theoretical understanding of social processes. Subject matter ranges from the micro level of individual agency and interaction to the macro
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Chapter One: Each perspective uniquely explains society‚ social forces‚ and human behavior. “Functionalist perspectives are based on the assumption that society is a stable‚ orderly system” (16). They say that the majority of members share a common set of values‚ beliefs‚ and behavioral expectations (16). I believe that our society has to have certain people‚ things‚ and parts to function properly. This is where the functionalism would come in. We need one thing to keep the other things going.
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and respected. Norms- rules of conduct that guide people’s behavior in specific situations Sanction- a penalty for norm violation as well as approval or disapproval for norm adherence More (more-ays)- society’s standard of proper moral conduct Folkways- informal norms that lack moral significance and suggest customary ways of behaving Laws- formal norms that are enforced by the legal power authorities Symbol- anything that carries a particular meaning recognized by people in a society Values-
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1. Define culture and differentiate between material and nonmaterial culture. Culture is a socially learned and transmitted behavior. Ideas‚ norms‚ values and beliefs are largely dependent on the kind of culture we belong to as the products of this culture. The non material aspects of any culture are its beliefs‚ customs‚ philosophy‚ patterns and ways of communication (verbal and non-verbal) and its government. The material aspect of culture consists of the physical. These are houses‚ food items
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These rules specify how one should behave‚ and it clarifies what may be considered normal or acceptable to society. The type of norm that I have decided to violate for this assignment is a folkway. Folkways are informal‚ unstated rules that govern society‚ unlike laws‚ which are formal written rules. Folkways are a behavioral adaptation that developed to make social life possible. They are considered less essential to the stability of society since it applies to everyday people. For instance Americans
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consists of tangible things like houses‚ clothing‚ tools‚ utensils‚ automobiles‚ TV‚ etc. non-material – refers to what is symbolic or intangibles such as sentiments‚ folkways‚ mores‚ system of beliefs and knowledge. Folkways – traditional ways of doing things in a certain culture e.g. pamamanhikan Mores – heavily sanctioned folkways for group survival and are accepted without question as they embody moral views of the group e.g. ulog of the igorot. custom – a habitual practice‚ e.g. kissing
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The country of Djibouti‚ is a very interesting country that includes an entirely different culture than what Americans are probably used to. Djibouti has a low population of about 872‚932 as of 2013 and contains 8‚958 square miles of land. To give an example of size of Djibouti‚ it is about half of the size of Netherlands. The most dense city is Djibouti City containing 496‚000; more than half of the population of the country. Life expectancy rates of men are around 53 years‚ 55 for woman‚ and the
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