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34 Cards in this Set
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Scientific Method |
Define, Review, Formulate, Collect, Conclude |
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Survey |
quantitative |
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observations |
qualitative |
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Ethnography |
the study of an entire social setting |
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Secondary analysis |
looking at old data |
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Hawthorne effect |
observer bias |
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Research ethics |
confidentiality, funding, value neutrality, feminism |
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Culture |
everything humans create, physically and mentally |
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society |
the structure of relationships within which culture is created and shared |
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cultural universals |
common practices and beliefs shared by all societies |
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Sociobiology |
the study of how biology affects human behavior |
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innovation |
the process of introducing a new idea or object to a culture |
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discovery |
revealing an existing aspect of reality |
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diffusion |
the process by which some aspect of culture spreads from one group to another |
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material culture |
physical modification of the natural environment to suit our purposes |
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cognitive culture |
mental and symbolic representations of reality |
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normative culture |
the ways we establish, abide by, and enforce principles of conduct |
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technology |
a modification of the natural environment to meet a particular need |
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cultural lag |
the period of adjustment to changing material culture |
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language |
a system of shared symbols |
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sapir-whort-hypothesis |
looking at the world through a language |
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values |
collective conceptions of what is considered good, desirable, and proper. or the opposite |
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folkways |
norms governing everyday behavior |
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mores |
norms that are deemed necessary to the welfare of a society |
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formal norms |
often written and enforced, laws |
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informal norms |
generally understood and followed norms |
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sanctions |
penalties/rewards for breaking/following norms |
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dominant ideology |
explains who gets what |
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subculture |
culture within a culture |
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argot |
subculture slang |
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counterculture |
self explanatory |
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culture shock |
american in an African tribe |
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Ethnocentrism |
the tendency to assume that one's own culture and way of life represents what normal/superior |
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culture relativism |
looking at other cultures through a neutral lens |
