The Sociological Study of Culture

• Know what culture consists of and recognize how it differs from society.

The Development of Human Culture

• Understand that biological and cultural factors influence behavior. Learn the ideas of sociobiology and how some researchers refute them by emphasizing cultural differences.

Premodern Societies

• Learn how societies have changed over time.

Societies in the Modern World

• Recognize the processes that changed premodern societies—particularly industrialization and colonialism, and then global development. Know the differences among the first world, the second world, and the developing world (third world) and how they came about.

The Effect of Globalization

• Recognize the effect of globalization on your own life and the lives of people around the world.

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