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21 Cards in this Set
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counterculture
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groups that reject the norms and values of dominant culture and have a distinctive way of life
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culture
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values,ideas,beliefs,behaviors,language and material objects that form peoples way of life, tx from generation
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culture relativism
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evaluation of the practices and customs of a culture b that cultures own standards
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culture shock
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disorientation people feel when they are exposed to a different way of life
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culture universals
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customs, traits, and behaviors that occure in every known culture
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ethnocentrism
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practice of evaluating other culture by the values and standards of ones own culture
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folkways
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norms and customs of lesser moral significance that guide everyday interaction, and which may be violated without serious consequence
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high culture
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cultural patterns that distinguish society's elite from other classes
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ideal culture
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values a culture professes to be very important
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incest taboo
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cultural universal that forbids sexual relations or marriage between relatives
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language
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set of symbols that allow people to think and communicate
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laws
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formal norms created by societ's government that are punishable by official sanctions when violated
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material culture
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tangible objects that members of a society use,share,and create
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mores
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norms of considerable moral significance that carry serious consequences
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nonmaterial culture
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intangible parts of a society,such as ideas,values,beliefs,norms and languages the shape people's beleifs
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popular culture
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patterns that widespread within middle and working classes
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real culture
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actual values embodied in the everyday behaior of members of a specific culture
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Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
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language shapes the specific way people understand,view and and interpret reality
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subculture
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group of people that possess some cultural patterns different from the larger society
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symbol
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anything that carries a specific meaning recognized by people in the same culture,including sounds gestures and writing
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values
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general evaluative standard which members of culture determine what is right and wrong
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