Symbols, Values & Norms: Crash Course Sociology #10

[@jhonatanhernandez3568]

"so don't do that, ever." great advise, I was just going to eat a person, but you changed my mind.

[@lisakukla459]

Definitely don't eat the eyeballs.

[@prashantls]

I'm learning more in one episode than an entire semester in my college.

[@WilliamCarterII]

Rofl, right?!

[@rwallan2566]

Facts

[@victorhugomuzi]

Maybe you need to work harder to get into a much, much better college then.

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[@amoscare1988]

Very nice video as always. However, as a linguistic anthropologist, I feel I should give some clarification on the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis that I feel the video lacked (most likely due to time constraints and not due to the producers neglecting or mischaracterising Sapir's work). I apologize in advance for the long comment. First, Sapir was not only a linguist but he was also an anthropologist. Although later generations of anthropologist have criticized some of his conclusions on Hopi languages Sapir's works are still very influential in the field of linguistic anthropology. Second, the so-called Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is not something that Sapir, nor his teacher Whorf, ever came up with. It was rather a synthesis of their work by later scholars. I've seen in the comments that some people have mentioned the "strong' vs. 'weak' version of this hypothesis and that either Sapir or Whorf advocated one or the other. This is not completely true as neither Sapir nor Whorf ever advocated for the "hypothesis" in the first place. However, it is true that in their writings you can see arguments that can be said as having a "strong" believe that language greatly influences thought, or a "weak" believe in the same. It is true that most linguistic anthropologists (myself included) and some linguist do favor a "weak Sapir-Whorf." For most linguistic anthropologists language, thought, and culture influence one another but which one has the strongest influence is still debated. Most linguistic anthropologists argue that language will predispose someone to think a certain way rather than determine someone's thought. For example, John Lucy (1992, 1996, 1997); Lucy and Gaskins (2003)) looked at whether languages that classify most nouns as mass nouns (e.g. sugar is a mass noun in English. You need a unit of measurement to count sugar. You can't say three sugars but, you can say three teaspoons of sugar) are more likely to classify objects by material composition. The research showed that language such as Yucatec, in which all nouns are of this latter type, and plural marking is never obligatory, though speakers may opt to signal the plural if they wish to do so, much as with similar kinds of uncountable mass nouns in English. (Ahearn, Laura M. (2016-10-06). Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (Primers in Anthropology) (Kindle Locations 2672-2673). Wiley. Kindle Edition) speakers are more likely to group objects based on material composition (e.g. in a group of plastic and wooden combs and brushes they will group all plastic combs and brushes together and all wooden combs and brushes together). This is different for English speakers where most nouns are count nouns and you can have a plural marker (e.g. car/s). English speakers will tend to group objects by shape (so in the combs and brushes example we would group combs together and brushes together since they are the same shape regardless of material composition). When it comes to the idea of language predisposing you to certain ways of thinking rather than determining how you think the example above is a good demonstration of that. If you are asked to categorized objects by material and you are an English speaker you are able to do so. However, if you are just asked to group objects then you are more predisposed to do so by shaped and Lucy would argue that there is a strong correlation with that thought pattern and wheter your language has mostly mass nouns or count nouns. Again sorry for the long post :)

[@ercaner_buzbey]

The problem with it is, ignorance of progress of language in time. Langugage will evolve and become complitaced with time not because of itself but the change in our understanding of reality. For example a traditional nationalist and a socialist can talk about social equality in a very different way that just because of the vocabulary they use they will likely to try kill eachother (that is what happened in Turkey from 1950ies to 1980ies). Sapir Worf theorem can totally disregard new way of using words or inventing new ones, that way it looks tome like in the eyes of a sapir-worf supporter language is a lot stagnant than it is in reality, like the meaning of words can change easily, for example the word arabic "Ala" means up or upper today, but if there is a possiblity for to be meant "to or for" in its' usage when prophet SAV was living it can show why the Muslim society had more gender equality than at epoc of Arabic Empire and their embrace of sedentary life after one or two centuries later.

[@victorhugomuzi]

Thank you for the insightful comment, amoscare.

[@ychickennugetsidk3880]

I am a Namibian student doing CSI(Contemporary Social Issues) which is an online course,we dont get lectures or explanations and never have time to read the notes(which are nothing but long articles written by old guys).So this video and along with many other videos Have been super helpful.Thank you CrashCourse MAHN I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!!!!!!

[@DataCab1e]

But if you're facing the back of the elevator, you won't have to see those weird looks. Sanction neutralized.

[@asadgondal3272]

Hahaha

[@abdullahrabea5109]

But you have to endure the feeling that it's happening behind your back.

[@PetersonSilva]

The interesting thing about watching this particular host is that she always undersmiles what she says. It's so pleasant to pay attention to :)

[@knife_wizard]

I click every single one of these videos expecting it to sound like tumblr, and then it always turns out to be interesting, thoughtful, and rational. This is an awesome series.

[@grimtheghastly8878]

As a person who studies and creates languages as a hobby, this video was extremely helpful for me especially considering that I'm relatively new to the topic at hand. Thank you.

[@sulaimankhuja8073]

I wish if you posted this 4 hours ago. I just gave my final. however, you guys are my heroes. I don't know what would I do without you guys

[@ann-kd7cz]

hey, just a heads up: at 3:25 in the captions, it says "the masculine is male" instead of "the moon is masculine" and i just thought i'd point that out so it can get fixed! thanks!

[@PunmasterSTP]

Symbols, values & norms? More like "Superb lecture, that entertains and informs!" 👍

[@kimone6831]

Yay! 10 episodes! Also, I did my Sociology Paper 2 and this series helped a lot. :)

[@Blackguard9099]

Today I Learned that "mores" as in "social mores" rhymes with "forays", not "snores". Thanks Crash Course!

[@osamahafeez7662]

my final is in 3 hours and i almost got everything from this video.

[@vatoslocosmotors3092]

how did it go

[@StepBackHistory]

Don't eat people. Crash Course teaches me new stuff all the time!

[@zeromailss]

I love this kind of honest learning and discussion school usually put norm before knowledge, the teacher will get awkward and the student will be too scared to be honest, also some parent will be way over protective if there's something a little offensive on the subject being taught I want knowledge yet that is the last thing they give you at school

[@croissant420]

This is very intuitive and well presented. Thank you.

[@GMRTranscriptionServicesInc]

Brilliant synopsis of some common yet confused Sociological terms, lucidly explained that would make sense even to a layman. A wonderful crash course series!

[@jsuzuki1943]

🙏 I FINALLY KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE MORES 🙏 Bless you, you’re all breath taking

[@TheAtheist92]

I'm really interested in macrosociology, while I don't like microsociology. But this episode got me interested in micro now, too, so good job!

[@aztecwarrior9511]

I am a behavioral sciences major which means I focused on anthropology/sociology/psychology. I had to focus on one, and loved sociology as it answered more for me than the other two. But I love how this video pieced all three together. I am currently interesed in different masters programs. Special programs such as: Anthropology, applied and evaluation research, collective behavior and social movements, conflict resolution, Cultural, emotions,social thought, social linguistics, mass comm, qualitative metholodlogy, social control, social inequality, theory, stratification mobility

[@AlfredAyuketa]

in fact,, i have captured everything that has been blinding my understanding, that's excelent

[@jedrzejprzykaza6345]

Thank you very much! Yes, we created everything what is considered "normal" and "not normal".

[@mallorymyers7525]

After switching the play speed to 0.75, I am loving these lectures.

[@mikejohnstonbob935]

Hey I'm walkin' here! ~ Cousin Nick

[@catherineearnshawheathclif866]

I'm learning more in one episode than my entire life about sociology so far.

[@pillar5218]

this was the best Crash course i ever had, presentation on point very informative, by the way it came to my rescue with my assignment . i thank you

[@SandroMassarani]

Great video. Fast but powerful.

[@cynthiacardenas1751]

This literally is going to give me an A on my exam. I am so happy I watched this, thanks girl

[@horizon241]

Some good books to check out on the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis are Through the Language Glass by Guy Deutscher and Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things by George Lakoff

[@M4aicarbine]

just watched this before a hss test am bouta get a 100 percent thanks im alredy goo at history and sociology but now imma ace that test

[@andreaobaez864]

Stop signs around the world also differ slightly but are still instantly recognizable. PS I'm so glad the whole, "Sociology is not a science!!" mob has quieted down. It was getting hard to watch. Sincerely, someone with a bachelors in sociology.

[@Benioff1]

"PS I'm so glad the whole, "Sociology is not a science!!" mob has quieted down. It was getting hard to watch." Time and patience won out here when the writers of this great series very smartly wrote a neutral look at sociological theories and its historical development. I mean, it's been weeks later and this laissez faire capitalist is still amazed at how well done that episode on Karl Marx was!

[@philrobichaud3063]

Love this series on Crash Course - great host!

[@jenniferchaulam]

taboo sounds so hilarious and yet it's the most serious

[@asadgondal3272]

An Excellent Effort

[@Pfhorrest]

When breaking a norm's not just "FAIL!", but could land you in jail? That's a more.

[@zalsader]

I think that the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis needs more elaboration, and perhaps a look at competing or related hypotheses. Perhaps CrashCourse Linguistics?

[@ConceptHut]

I really want a linguistics series.

[@zgb3l]

"I didn't mean to eat the child, it was self-defence!"

[@aniini]

Wow those closing remarks are well-said.

[@Carlos12342454]

This was amazing!! It made me take a perspective on life I'd never looked at.

[@radagastwiz]

I was hoping for Whorf/Worf joke, and I got it, though it was more subtle than expected. Well done.

[@KrishnaCalling]

the best lectures u can get...love from India

[@gabrieloconitrillo4141]

Money (status) is the all-time ideal or goal in western culture, while this may not be true for everyone, I'd say it is for most people. I wish more people devoted their life towards creating something useful for society, not just making money for the sake of it...or worse damaging others for it. But everywhere there are symbols of status reminding people that if they don't have good looks, money or whatever then they are not good enough. Logically we can know it isn't the case, but they are SO powerful anyway. I hope to live long enough to see a society as described by Jacque Fresco, where mundane everyday activities are automated enough that everyone enjoys the same opportunities and everyone can focus on developing themselves in whatever way they want without caring if someone has more or better things than them

[@tessat338]

That elevator thing totally happened to me. A woman walked in, turned away from me and faced the side wall, looking down. If she had behaved normally, I wouldn't have looked at her twice. She was acting oddly, and thinking she might be unwell, I looked over to see if she was all right. Well, that depends on your politics. It was Linda Tripp from the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinski scandal. Her government agency at the Pentagon had moved into my building during the Pentagon renovations in the late 90s. It was after the Impeachment hearings and after she'd had all the plastic surgery. We'd heard she was working in the building. Since she clearly wanted her privacy, I didn't say anything to her. I passed her a couple of other times in the lobby or elevators in the few months before the 2001 Bush Inauguration ended her employment with that agency.

[@tonitone666]

"morays" i was taught "mores "in my country i definitely learned something here

[@junnikhan2571]

am i the only only one who is love with the way she speaks?

[@ArturoStojanoff]

Aaah, the Sapir-Whorff hypothesis. Controversial, to say the least. But pretty cool. I'm glad it got mentioned, but that its more sketchy aspects weren't left out.

[@MicahBuzanANIMATION]

This concept in sociology that everything is a "social construct" is itself a social construct.

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[@mawgans.9646]

Linguistic sociology!! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!! By the way, CC, a suggestion, CC linguistics

[@letuslearnenglishwithallsu6887]

Nice presentation

[@denismusulo8]

Nice information delivered keep it up .

[@geoffreywinn4031]

Cool video!

[@zr5168]

sociology is GREAT!!!

[@PierreThierryKPH]

Excellent and succint presentation, as always!

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I love this series so much!!

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So interesting a lecture ,keep it up .

[@ahmedelmogi5113]

I love sociology so much thankyou very much for the vedio

[@GENGIX4]

Awesome job maam ty

[@gailcbull]

Sociology studies how culture influences language. Anthropology studies how human language forms and what all human language has in common. Do these two disciplines ever intersect on this subject or do they ignore each other's theories?

[@amoscare1988]

Hi there. I'm a linguistic anthropologist so I might be able to answer your question. Although some anthropologists do study similarities between language most linguistic anthropologist are interested in the intersection of language and culture and how these two influence one another (you can throw thought into the mix too). Sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology do intersect. For example, an area of study that both linguistic anthropologists and sociolinguists look at is the intersection between language and gender (how do gender norms influence language use and how do this language use reinforces those norms can be an example of this interaction). One of the biggest differences between sociolinguist and linguistic anthropologists is their methodologies. Although this is oversimplifying it, as there are examples of people in both disciplines using a variety of methods, sociolinguists tend to rely more on quantitative methods (e.g. statistics) while linguistic anthropologists tend to use more qualitative methods (e.g. ethnography). Nevertheless, I know that both sociolinguists and linguistic anthropologists work closely together and tend to draw from the same theoretical frameworks, attend similar conferences, and even collaborate with one another. Hope this answers your question.

[@gailcbull]

It does answer my question. Thanks for responding!

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[@FabianA-wh6og]

I love your glasses!

[@Reporterreporter770]

This is so good

[@robinthechillboi1897]

This video helped a lot for my studies!!!! :)

[@ericww32]

wish this was one of the first episode. Symbols just seem to be easier to understand and get into this topic.

[@icrhom]

There's a big rule for the most of symbols, values and norms... they are very tie in with the FEAR...

[@BERESS17]

I love this woman!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@swapnils.vkamble3554]

Best! India is known for World`s largest diverse cultural country. Could you please add a special video on Indian Culture?

[@strictlyunreal]

That thing about the gender of nouns, I feel it very important and I can't imagine how native English speakers see things. I mean, while learning Spanish I was surprised that it is "el dia" and "el agua". I still am. In my native Romanian, the nouns day and water are feminine and I can't compute how a day and water can be a male. It is so strange. I say "el agua", but I still think of it as feminine. The moon is feminine though. How can it be masculine ?? Germans ... The sun is a problem, as it is masculine and conflicts with star, which is feminine. But the strangest of things is the hybrid neuter gender that we have in Romanian. For example, one tractor is masculine, while two tractors is feminine. That applies for most objects, like instrument, hammer, chair and so on. So, I always imagine a single tractor as a male, but two tractors become females. It's hard to picture things in Romanian.

[@Arcsinner]

Do you have by any chance synesthesia?

[@strictlyunreal]

I actually heard of synesthesia a few months ago and I instantly thought of how I see the seasons/months of the year. I picture them as a circle with winter at the top and summer at the bottom. Right now, being May, we are going downhill and moving from a green area to a green-yellow area. I even feel relieved when we pass January, as I know it's all downhill from there. But I never thought that how I see nouns is also connected. I will try to find out.

[@pendra_txt]

Actually, while water is masculine, we still represent it in pictures, comics, and media in general as femenine. Don't ask why.

[@linguaphilly]

In Dutch we don't have (explicit) grammatical gender, yet we do consistently refer to the moon as a "she" so I side with you guys, the Germans are crazy

[@landinjor]

I really wish my university had a better sociology program when I went there. I took Intro to Soc. and the prof had such a thick accent I couldn't comprehend what she was saying even sitting directly in front of her in the first row. Anytime she could make a list of steps for a process she would start with step 1, jump ahead to step 4, back to 2, never address step 3 and done! Given all of that, I still got an A- on the first exam. But guess what? That wasn't good enough for her. It was 100% or take the test again until you got 100% - and the tests were entirely essay format. It was the only class I ever dropped in college.

[@lootplx]

"Heyyy, I'm walking here!" - Cousin Nicky

[@rozempire2843]

Yayy Rick and morty reference

[@taha3600]

Thank you so much for these videos :D

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I love her shirt!

[@jacobicorpuz5493]

7:37 "Cough" Alabama "Cough"

[@VeganPirateNinja]

Have you talked about Cooley's looking-glass self in any of the Sociology videos? p.s. I'm happy these exist :)

[@KravenTheHaunter]

When you walk on the job while exposing your knob, that's a more!

[@ohkokohtpy]

In many cases, values and norms are the same because we value a behaviour as ideal or unappealing based on the norms we have. I think that is important to recognise

[@cthulwho3879]

do demography next, then connect it to sociology, they can work well together

[@timesoundsMAB]

Love your lovely work in sense of great effort work....

[@jaeger1123]

This is a really good crash course and I really like it thus far, but maybe make a better thumbnail, I almost miss it every time and it's so kinda underwhelming, but other than that keep going at this, it's awesome ^^

[@KelsaRavenlock]

It seems very weird that these courses make a point to say they use Adobe. Do you recive free products or support? Do they donate to the show? I have never for instance read a book that started "this book was written with a uniball micropoint 0.05 mm pen in a mead notebook" nor any project that made a point of informing you of what office supplies were used. While not important the sheer oddness and repetition of it has left it stuck in the back of my mind for years. I rewatch almost the entirety of CC every 8 months or so and have since it's inception so I have probably seen the outro more than any human in existence =).

[@HealingGiggles]

I so grateful maam

[@Real_Sangpuia]

I love you. 😊😊😊😊

[@aajjeee]

i was hoping this was about weight and measures

[@mareeludenia9688]

I have some difficulty with the term Transmission of Culture. 'Transmission' implies some form of medium whereby cultural norms etc can be exchanged ( eg. air waves for sound). I would prefer to think we negotiate culture the same way we negotiate meaning; using language in all its forms to share positives and negatives. When we socialise our children ('George, don't do that!) we are involved in negotiating cultural norms. However, we can never KNOW if our norms are the same as another person's. We can only interpret their behaviour and language in the light of our own understanding. Like any science, you cannot be totally outside the observation as making the observation involves changing the system in some subtle and not so subtle way. This doesn't mean we should give up experimenting, but it should encourage us to be aware of our own involvement and biases.

[@FinMertons]

Isn't that the hypothesis that was featured in the movie, Arrival?

[@jimev2212]

Hi Guys! I do really want to know the reference you used for your "values" explanation. The video is great!!

[@nicki-08]

Interesting 😊

[@late2647]

You didn't see it you filthy liar x)

[@nicki-08]

lmao!!😆😂 i did i did most of it at least 🙈

[@Goldenhawk0]

I think people mis-interpreted Worf's analysis of the Hopi language. I don't think he said the Hopi couldn't conceive of time, just that they don't have words that correspond to bounded units of time. this conception affected the way they saw the world and their customs. It was other scholars who said Hopi couldn't understand time the way English speakers do.

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OMG! I have that same shirt! It looks amazing by the way! Also, who doesn't like Panda's?

[@MusiCaninesTheMusicalDogs]

MsLavaTurtle I like what's inside the shirt. 👍

[@MusiCaninesTheMusicalDogs]

MsLavaTurtle Good one! You are quick! 😀

[@MusiCaninesTheMusicalDogs]

John D'Aversa Freud was a fraud!

[@isilzhamir3725]

It's way better than a Hawaiian shirt!

[@liamshanley4920]

I now feel an urge to wal into an elevator and face the backwall the entire time XD

[@luongvu8115]

The amazing video

[@o76923]

Topfreedom actually has gained significant ground in the US. It's certainly not common but it's legal in way more places than I would have expected.

[@zakriakhan3014]

i love this girl and her explanation loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove yooooooooooooooooou

[@McBeamer94]

In my language (Greek), the word 'Moon' is a neuter word (το φεγγάρι - to feggari)!

[@rizkyaldi5698]

You tell me better then my proffesor tell in my college. 😂😂😂

[@flameboarder81]

now i know, sweeet keep it up

[@felbarashla]

Surprised she didn't mention that for some rules it's a norm to break a more; like driving 5 miles over the speed limit is what people DO though it is technically breaking a law.

[@zoeygreenwald5730]

Right AFTER my essay on culture in Things Fall Apart is due?!

[@thomasgabby6214]

Let everyone walk around topless! Equality for all!

[@Taniseth]

Thanks CC. You basically just destroyed the entire premise of the movie Arrival.