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Culture
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the beliefs,values, norms,language, behaviors, and material objects that are passed down from one generation to the next.
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Characteristics of culture
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culture is:
shared learned taken for granted symbolic varies across time and place |
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Material culture
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things you can touch,taste, ect.
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nonmaterial culture
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a groups way of thinking
gestures languages |
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gesture
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shorthand form of communication the only global one is facial expressions
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Language
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allows:
human experience to be cumulative. for shared definitions/meanings. for complex, shared, goal-directed behavoirs |
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Values
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standards by which a society or group defines what is desirable
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Norms
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specific cultural expectations for how to behave in a given situation
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Folkways
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norms that are not strictly enforced
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Mores
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strict norms that control moral and ethical behavior
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Taboos
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strict norms that when violated bring feelings of revoltion and disgust
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Laws
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written guidelines that define right and wrong in society
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Endocentrism
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judging other cultures using your own culture as a yarstick
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cultural relativism
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viewing other cultures in terms of the meaning with in that culture
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Subculture
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culture with in the larger dominant culture
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Countercultures
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culture whose values and beliefs are at odds with the larger dominant culture
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