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15 Cards in this Set
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Culture |
The ways of thinking/acting/material objects together forming people's way of life. |
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Nonmaterial Culture |
Ideas created by members of a society |
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Material Culture |
Physical things created by members of a society. |
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Culture Shock |
Personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life |
A white person going into the hood |
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Nation |
A political territory designated with borders. |
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Society |
Organized interaction of people who typically live in a nation of some other specific territory. |
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Multicultural |
Various ways of life that blend and often clash |
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Language |
System of symbols that allows for people to communicate w/ one another. |
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Symbol |
Anything carrying a particular meaning recognized by people sharing a culture. |
Smaller values |
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Cultural Transmission |
Process by which one generation passes culture to another. |
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Sapir-Whorf Thesis |
The idea that people see and understand the world through the cultural lens of language. |
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Values |
Culturally defined standards that people use to decide what is desirable, good, and beautiful serving as broad guidelines for social living. |
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Beliefs |
Specific ideas that people hold to be true. |
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Assimilation |
Individuals adopting social practices of the dominant group, giving up their own value. |
Me |
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Multiculturalism |
Belief that cultural strands of a culture should be valued |
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