Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Sociology
Feedback on Quiz 1 & allocation
of topics for final project
Class presentations
(Bring laptops & internet devices)
Next week
• Title page
• Introduction
• What is the issue?
• Who does this issue affect?
• Where is this issue?
• History
• What background and context should readers know about the issue?
• What are some events that brought this issue to public attention?
• Methodology
• Details of research methods (use at least two methods)
• How research methods were used?
• Role of each group member.
• Findings
• Findings of interviews
• Findings of survey
• Recommendations
• Suggestions by group members
• Plagiarism report
• Appendix
• Attach questionnaire
• Attach supporting evidences e.g. pictures
Elements of Culture
1. Values and beliefs
2. Norms
1. Formal Norms
2. Informal Norms
• Formal norms are established, written
guidelines.
• Informal Norms are learned through
observation and socialization.
3. Symbols and Language
• Symbols—such as gestures, signs, objects,
signals, and words—help people understand
the world.
Language
• Language is a symbolic system through which
people communicate and through which
culture is transmitted.
Cultural
Relativism
Ethnocentrism
Ethnocentrism
• Cultural Shock