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25 Cards in this Set
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Beliefs |
shared ideas |
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Culture |
complex system of meaning and behavior that defines the way of life for a society |
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Cultural Appropriation |
when one culture uses something from another culture and it is seen as negative |
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Dominant Culture |
most powerful group in society |
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Subculture |
culture of groups whose values and norms of behavior differ from the dominant culture |
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Counterculture |
subcultures created as a reaction against the values of the dominant cultures |
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Ethnocentrism |
judging a culture by standards of ones own culture |
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Folkways |
very informal norms
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Language |
Language determines what people think because it forces them to percieve the world in certain terms
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Mass Media |
mass produced;mass consumed;typical media |
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Mores |
very strict norms: often apply to moral behavior
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Norms |
specific cultural expectations for how to behave in a given situation
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Popular Culture |
the beliefs, practices, and objects that are part of everyday traditions |
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Social Santions |
mechanisms of social control that enforce norms;punishments we give people for not following norms |
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Values |
determines what is considered right and wrong,beautiful and ugly,good and bad |
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What is the difference between Norms,Beliefs,and values? |
norms-,expected behaviors in given situations beliefs- shared ideas Values- whats important |
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What is the relationship between the Mass Media and Popular Culture? |
They both influence each other. |
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What is the difference between Culture, subculture, and CounterCulture? |
Culture is the ideas of majority ,sub culture is the ideas of a smaller culture and a counter culture is a culture that goes against the main culture. |
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Example : Subculture |
athletes shops at north tech |
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Example : CounterCulture |
Goth/emo groups hardcore rap atheist |
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Ethnocentrism |
Judging a culture by standards of ones own culture |
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How can ethnocentrism be good? How can it be bad? Give an example of ethnocentrism. |
It can be good because it builds up group solidarity but it can be bad because is discourages understanding. Example: USA tries to teach other countries democracy. |
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How functionalism looks at culture |
Integrates people into groups |
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How conflict theory looks at culture |
Serves interests of powerful groups |
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How symbolic interaction looks at culture |
creates group identity from diverse cultural meaning |
