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29 Cards in this Set
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Culture
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The ways of thinking, the ways of acting, and the material objects that together form a people's way of life.
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Society
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People who interact in a defined territory and share a culture.
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Culture Shock
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Personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life.
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Symbol
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Anything that carries a particular meaning recognized by people who share a culture.
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Language
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A system of symbols that allows people to communicate with one another.
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Cultural Transmission
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The process by which one generation passes culture to the next.
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Sapir-Whorf Thesis
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People see and understand the world through the cultural lens of language.
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Values
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Culturally defined standards that people use to decide what is desirable, good, and beautiful and that serve as broad guidelines for social living.
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Beliefs
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Specific statements that people hold to be true.
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Norms
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Rules and expectations by which a society guirdes the behavior of its members.
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Mores
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Norms that are widely observed and have great moral significance.
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Folkways
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Norms for routine or casual interaction.
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Technology
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Knowledge that people use to make a way of life in their surroundings.
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Hunting and Gathering
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The use of simple tools to hunt animals and gather vegetation for food.
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Horticulture
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The use of hand tools to raise crops.
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Pastoralism
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The domestication of animals.
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Agriculture
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Large-scale cultivation using plows harnessed to animals or machines.
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Industry
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The production of goods using advanced sources of energy to drive large machinery.
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High Culture
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Cultural patterns that distinguish society's elite.
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Popular Culture
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Cultural patterns that are widespread among a society's population.
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Subculture
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Cultural patterns that set apart some segment of a society's population.
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Multiculturalism
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A perspective recognizing the cultural diversity of the United States and promoting respect and equal standing for all cultural traditions.
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Counterculture
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Cultural patterns that strongly oppose those widely accepted within a society.
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Cultural Integration
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The close relationships among various elements of a cultural system.
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Cultural Lag
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The fact that some cultural elements change more quickly than others, disrupting a cultural system.
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Ethnocentrism
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The practice of judging another culture by the standards of one's own culture.
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Cultural Relativism
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The practice of judging a culture by its own standards.
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Cultural Universals
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Traits that are part of every known culture.
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Sociobiology
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Theoretical approach that explores the ways in which human biology affects how we create culture.
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