Module 1

Question 1

Define: culture

Answer 1

A system of shared beliefs, values, customs, behaviours, and artefacts that members of a society use to cope with their world and with one another, and that are transmitted from generation to generation through learning.

Question 2

Define: society

Answer 2

A large group of people (e.g. Canadian society) who interact with one another in accordance with the values, beliefs, customs, behaviours, and artefacts of a common culture.

Question 3

Define: social animal

Answer 3

Our very survival depends upon the social relationships we form with each other

Question 4

Define: cultural animal

Answer 4

In order to survive together we develop technologies, different social institutions, ways of communicating, rules governing our behaviour, values and a belief system. People who belong to the same “culture” interpret the world and express themselves in basically the same way.

Question 5

Define: Socialization

Answer 5

Process whereby we learn our society’s culture.

Question 6

What are the Four Primary Characteristics of Culture:

Answer 6

1) Culture is learned
2) Culture is rooted in symbols
3) Culture is a system shared by all members of a society.
4) The elements of culture are generally integrated

Question 7

How is Pop Culture a tool?

Answer 7

An important tool for our society’s ruling elite to maintain their position of power over the rest of us.

Question 8

What are the 5 types of culture

Answer 8

1) folk culture
2) high culture
3) mass culture
4) popular culture
5) counterculture/subculture