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19 Cards in this Set
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Culture |
Consists of all the shared products of human groups |
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Material culture |
Physical objects that people create and use |
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Nonmaterial culture |
Abstract human creations |
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Society |
Group of interdependent people who have organized in such a way as to share a common culture and feeling of unity |
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Technology |
The combination of objects and rules |
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Language |
The organization of written or spoken symbols into a standardized system |
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Values |
Shared beliefs about what is good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable |
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Norms |
Shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations |
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Folkways |
Norms that describe socially acceptable behavior but do not have great moral significance attached to them |
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Mores |
Have great moral significance attached to them |
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Laws |
Written rules of conduct enacted and enforced by the government |
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Culture trait |
An individual tool, act, or belief that is related to a particular situation or need |
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Culture complexes |
A cluster of interrelated traits |
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Culture patterns |
Combination of a number of culture complexes into an interrelated whole |
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Cultural universals |
Certain features that are common to all cultures |
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Ethnicentrism |
Tendency to view one's own culture and group as superior |
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Cultural relativism |
Belief that cultures should be judged by their own standards rather than applying the standards of another culture |
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Subculture |
Groups in society that have values, norms, and behaviors that are not shared by the entire population |
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Counterculture |
Subculture in which the group rejects the major values, norms, and practices of society and replaces them with a new set |
