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25 Cards in this Set
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What is non-material culture?
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1. language
2. beliefs 3. values 4. norms |
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What is material culture?
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objects (flag, food, statues, clothing, cars, houses)
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What are the 3 types of norms?
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1. folkways
2. mores 3. taboos |
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What is the definition of norm?
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expected behavior
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What is a folkway?
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informal expectation of behavior
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What are mores?
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a formal expectation of behavior that is considered a violtaion of core values when not followed
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What is a taboo?
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a behavior that even the thought of it generates a reaction of disgust in society
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What is the Sapir Whorf Hypothesis?
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it is our language that determines our consciousness and our perception of objects and events
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What is a value?
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what culture defines as good or bad, beautiful or ugly, etc.
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What are the values of the United States?
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1. achievement and success
2. individualism 3. activity and work 4. efficiency and practicality 5. science and technology 6. progress 7. material comfort 8. humanitarianism 9. freedom 10. democracy 11. equality 12. racism/group superiority 13. education 14. religiosity 15. romantic love |
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What are the emerging values of the United States?
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1. leisure
2. self-fulfillment 3. physical fitness 4. youthfulness 5. concern for enviroment |
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What is value contradiction?
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values that in order to follow one, you must conflict with the other
ex.) race/equality, science/religion |
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What is the sociological significance of technology?
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technology sets a framework for a group's nonmaterial culture
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What are some effects of technology?
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1. cultural lag
2. cultural diffusion 3. cultural leveling |
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What is culture shock?
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the disorientation that people experience when they come in contact with a fundamentaly different culture and can no longer depend on their own
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What is cultural lag?
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when technology changes rapidly but non-material (values) change slowly
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What is cultural diffusion?
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aspects of different cultures are shared between/within societies
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What is cultural leveling?
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cultures start to lose their unique features and start to look the same
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What is ethnocentrism?
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viewing your own culture or group as superior (the standard) to others
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What is cultural relativity?
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keeping an open mind to all other culture; never viewing another culture as good or bad
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What is a subculture?
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a world within the large world of the dominant culture
ex.) physicians - how they speak |
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What is a counterculture?
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a group whose values, beliefs, and related behaviors place its members at odds with the dominant culture
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What is a sanction?
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the reactions people get for following or breaking norms
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What is ideal culture?
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the values, norms, and goals that a group considers worth aspiring for
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What is real culture?
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the norms and values that people actually follow
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