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11 Cards in this Set
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Cultural transmission
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is the process by which one generation passes culture to the next.
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Sapir-Whorf thesis
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is the thesis that people perceive the world through the cultural lens of language.
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Mores
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are norms that are widely observed and have great moral significance.
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Social control
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is the various means by which members of a society encourage conformity to norms.
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Technology
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is knowledge that people use to make a way of life in their surroundings.
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Multiculturalism
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is an educational program recognizing the cultural diversity of the United States and promoting the equality of all cultural traditions.
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Eurocentrism
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is the dominance of European (especially English) cultural patterns.
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Cultural integration
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is the close relationships among various elements of a cultural system.
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Cultural relativism
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is the practice of evaluating a culture by its own standards.
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Cultural universals
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are traits that are part of every known culture.
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Sociobiology
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is a theoretical paradigm that explores ways in which human biology affects how we create culture
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