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12 Cards in this Set
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Cultural Diffusion
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The spread of cultural concepts from one culter to another.
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Cultural Lag
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When some part of the population or some nations are out of sync with the generation.
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Cultural Universals
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Actions (behaviors) common to all people, in all places, at all times.
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Evolution
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Animals and plants bcoming more efficient, more effective, and more complex.
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Hypothesis
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An educated guess
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Language
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Symbollic interactions.
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Marriage
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A socially sanctioned sexual union between two or more people.
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Roles
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A set of expected behavioral patterns in a sociological niche.
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Scientific Method
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Characterized by: a thesis, experiments and/or research, and verifyable conclusions.
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Socialization
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The learning of those ways of thinking, acting, believing and feling common to a given culture.
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Values
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Cultural conventions which are "good" and in which we all (Americans) believe.
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Stereotype
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Substituting your idea of the nature of the person in front of you negatively.
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