ogy An Introduction). Values can vary immensely, from society to society, culture to culture, and family to family. Belief is the next concept that I am explaining. “Beliefs are shared ideas about how the world operates” (from: Sociology An Introduction). Some examples of belief are: religion, legends/mythology, superstition, and science. Technology is one of the more important concepts. “Technology is a body of practical knowledge and equipment for enhancing the effectiveness of human labor and altering the environment for human use”(from: Sociology An Introduction).Technology has been an important tool in human development and social and cultural defusion. Through the advancements of today’s multimedia technology we are able to send information from one part of the world to another using powerful satellites within seconds creating a more closely knitted global society, a global village. Lastly there is language. “Language is a shared set of spoken an written symbols and rules for combining those symbols in meaningful ways”(from: Sociology An Introduction). The renowned linguist Wittgenstein had made the statement once that “limits of our language are the limits of our world”. This statement means that if we don’t incorporate a concept into our language than it probably not anything that is important in our culture / society. The concept of people manifesting their reality could easily be proven to be true. The importance of this information because if understand that what we do changes the world , after this is realized we can go about changing it for the better. ...
