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13 Cards in this Set
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Culture |
Reflects or describes everything we're about, everything we do, buy, believe. |
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Elements of culture |
Language. Symbols. Norms. Sanctions. Values. |
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Language |
Is the cornerstone component. Foundational element of culture. Everything was told orally long before humans learned to write. Language can be used to not only describe reality but also interpret reality. All cultures communicate using some form of sound or symbol. |
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Symbols |
Gestures. Customs. Laws.the same symbols can mean different things depending on where you are. |
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Norms |
Folkways: standards of behavior etiquette courtesy respect decency. Mores: rules that we have written down that specify patterns of behavior and specify regulations, policies student code of conduct Taboos: most crucial rules that keep a society together. Incest. Cannabalism. |
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Sub cultures |
Portion of culture that lives by a different set of rules |
Military amish |
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Countercultures |
Group within a culture that lives by rules that oppose the rules of the large culture |
Polygamy |
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Culture shock |
Encountering unfamiliar elements of culture |
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Ethnocentrism |
Valuing your culture as superior to others |
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Cultural relativism |
Judging other cultures by its standards not yours |
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Xenocentrism |
Regarding elements of other cultures as superior to yours. |
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What good is the sociological imagination? |
1.enables us to challenge commonly held assumptions. 2. Helps us to examine the opportunities and contraints that characterize all of our lives. 3. Fight back make an impact. |
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Mills' definition of sociological imagination |
We all need a quality of the mind that helps us to use information and develop reason such that we clearly summarize what's happening around us and to us. |
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