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32 Cards in this Set
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Behaviors |
The actions associated with a group that help reproduce a distinct way of life |
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Beliefs |
The specific conviction or opinions that people generally accept as being true |
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Counterculture |
A subculture that champions lifestyles distinctly opposed to those of the dominant culture |
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Cultural lag |
The ways that new technology developments often outplace the norms that govern our collective experiences with these new technologies |
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Cultural object |
A physical item that is created by an associated with people who share a culture |
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Cultural relativism |
The practice of understanding a culture by its own standards |
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Culture |
The collection of values, beliefs, knowledge,norms, language, behaviors, and material objects shared by people and socially transmitted from generation to generation |
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Culture shock |
Experience of being disoriented because of a lack of knowledge about an unfamiliar social situation |
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Culture War |
An intense disagreement about core values and moral positions |
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Dialect |
A variant of a language with its own distinctive accent,vocabulary,and in some cases grammatical characteristics |
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Dominant culture |
A culture that permeates our society and the represents the ideas and practices of those in position of power |
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Dominant ideology |
A widely held and regularly reinforced set of assumptions that generally support the current social system and serve the interests of authorities |
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Ethnocentrism |
The practice of judging another culture by the standards of one's own |
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Folkways |
Group habits or customs that are common in a given culture |
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High culture |
Cultural forms associated with-and especially valued by-elites |
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Ideal culture |
What the members of a culture a report to be their beliefs, values, and norms |
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Ideology |
A system of meaning that helps helps define and explain the world and that makes value judgments about that world |
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Knowledge |
A range of information, awareness, and understanding that helps us navigate our world |
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Language |
An elaborate system of symbols that allows people to communicate with one another in complex ways |
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Material culture |
The physical objects produced by people in a particular culture including tools, clothing,toys,and housing |
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Mores |
Norms are strictly enforced,with potentially severe penalties for violating them |
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Multiculturalism |
The recognition, valuing,and protection of the distinct cultures that make up a society |
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Non-material culture |
The ideas of a culture including values and beliefs accumulated knowledge about how to understand and navigate the world and standards of norms about appropriate behavior |
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Norms |
A culture's rules and expectations for appropriate behavior |
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Popular culture |
Cultural forms that are widespread and commonly embrace within a society |
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Real culture |
What members of a culture actually do, which may or may not reflect the ideal |
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Society |
A group of people who live together in specific territory and share culture |
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Subculture |
Cultures associated with smaller groups in society that has distinct norms,values, and lifestyles setting them apart from the dominant culture |
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Symbol |
Anything-a sound,a gesture, an image, an object- that represents something else |
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Value |
A deeply-held principle or standard that people used to make judgments about the world, especially in deciding what is desirable or worthwhile |
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Xenophobia |
An unreasonable fear of hatred of foreigners or people of a different culture |
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Sapir-Whorf hypothesis |
The idea that because of their different cultural content and structure, languages affect how their speakers think and behave |
