week 4

Today in class we learned more about culture and that it can consist of diversity, change and theoretical analysis. High culture vs popular culture which is the cultural patterns that distinguish a society's elite from one another. Subculture is set apart some segment of society's population while counterculture opposed those patters that set apart society. Culture lag is when culture changes at different rates that may disrupt the cultural system. People tend to judge another culture based off of their culture which is called ethnocentrism. There are three different structural functional theories. Manifest function is the intended consequences of any social pattern, latent function is the social phenomenon that is unintentional and often unrecognized and dysfunction which is a social pattern or behavior pattern that undermines the satiability of a social system.

In this video she talks about how the different cultures work to function in society. Low/ popular culture is the cultural behaviors and ideas that are popular with the most people in society. High culture is cultural patterns that distinguish a society's elite. Society has different cultural patterns a few mainstream culture are the cultural patterns that are broadly in line with a society's cultural ideals and values. Subcultures are cultural patterns that set apart a segment of a society's population.

Me
One thing I can positively do to benefit society and myself is to learn how other cultures communicate.
One thing I can negatively do to myself and society would be to make fun of how others communicate because it doesn't seem the same as mine.

Society
One thing society can positively do to benefit society and myself would be to teach in schools other cultures to make more people aware.
One thing society can negatively do to society and myself would be to deport other race which would lead to a decline in cultural experiences.

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