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27 Cards in this Set
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Culture |
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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non-material culture |
the idea created by members of a society |
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material culture |
the physical things created by members of a society |
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culture shock |
personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life |
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symbol |
anything that carries a particular meaning recognized by people who share a culture |
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language |
a system of symbols that allows people to communicate with one another |
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cultural transmission |
the process by which one generation passes culture to the next |
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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 and that serve as broad guide lines for social living |
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beliefs |
specific ideas that people hold to be true |
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social control |
attempts by society to regulate people's thoughts and behavior |
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norms |
rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members |
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mores |
norms that are widely observed and have great moral significance |
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folkways |
norms for routine or casual interaction |
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technology |
knowledge that people use to make a way of life in their surroundings |
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high culture |
cultural patterns that distinguish a society's elite |
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popular culture |
cultural patterns that are wide spread among a society's population |
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subculture |
cultural patterns that set apart some segment of a society's population |
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multiculturalism |
a perspective recognizing the cultural diversity of the united states cultural traditions |
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eurocentrism |
the dominance of European cultural patterns |
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afrocentrism |
emphasizing and promoting African cultural patterns |
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counter culture |
cultural patterns that strongly oppose those widely accepted within a society |
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cultural integration |
the close relationships among various elements of a cultural system |
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cultural lag |
the fact that some cultural elements change more quickly than others, disrupting a cultural system |
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ethnocentricsm |
the practice of judging another culture by the standards of on'es own culture |
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cultural relativism |
the practice of judging a culture by its own standards |
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cultural universals |
traits that are part of every known culture |
