Culture and Socialisation — Chapter Summary
CBSE · Class 11 · Sociology
Summary of Culture and Socialisation for CBSE Class 11 Sociology. Part of the CBSE Class 11 Sociology syllabus.
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Culture is the shared way of life of a society. It includes knowledge, beliefs, art, morals, laws, customs, habits, tools, and meanings that people learn through social interaction. Socialisation is the process through which a helpless infant gradually becomes a self-aware person who understands the
Key Concepts
Culture is the common understanding learned
Culture is the common understanding learned through social interaction. It includes both material elements such as tools and machines and non-material
Tylor defined culture as a complex
Tylor defined culture as a complex whole that includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and other capabilities and habits acquired as a me
Malinowski defined culture as inherited artifacts
Malinowski defined culture as inherited artifacts, goods, technical process, ideas, habits, and values. His definition includes material as well as no
Geertz described human beings as living
Geertz described human beings as living in webs of significance and treated culture as those webs. He emphasised interpretation and meaning rather tha
Culture has cognitive
Culture has cognitive, normative, and material dimensions. Cognitive culture refers to meaning-making, normative culture refers to rules of conduct, a
Learning Objectives
- Define culture in sociological terms
- Distinguish between material and non-material dimensions of culture
- Explain cognitive, normative, and material aspects of culture
- Understand how culture changes through evolutionary and revolutionary change
- Describe socialisation as a lifelong process
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- CBSE Official — cbse.gov.in
- National Education Policy 2020 — education.gov.in
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