soc midterm1

cultural images that carry stereotypical meaning that are reproduced like commodities// feature of mass culture. 

Agency- ability for people in a culture to be creative with the dominant culture, colonial power or mass media given to them.

rules or standards of behavior that are expected of a group, society or culture 

• 1. rewards and punishment in response to a particular behavior
• 2. positive: reward, increases behavior
• 3.negative: punishment, decrease behavior

• 1. Folkway: informal norms that govern everyday social behavior (table manners)
• 2.Mores: more serious than folkway, like laws (murder)
• 3.Taboo: the most serious, so deeply ingrained that just the thought would cause great discomfort. (incest)

cultural items, may or may not be tangible that has tremendous meaning within a culture

standards used by cultures to describe abstract qualities such as beauty justice and goodness

How we think we should act

How we really act