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16 Cards in this Set
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Informal norm
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a norm that is generally understood but not precisely recorded
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innovation
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the process of introducing a new idea or object to a culture through discovery or invention
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invention
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the combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not exist before
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language
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an abstract system of word meanings and symbols for all aspects of culture; includes gestures and other nonverbal communication
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law
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governmental social control
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material culture
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the physical or technological aspects of our daily lives
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mores
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norms deemed highly necessary to the welfare of a society
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nonmaterial culture
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ways of using material objects, as well as customs, beliefs, philosophies, governments, and patterns of communication
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norm
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an established standard of behavior maintained by a society
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sanction
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a penalty or reward for conduct concerning a social norm
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sapir-whorf hypothesis
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a hypothesis concerning the role of language in shaping our interpretation of reality. its holds that language is culturally determined
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society
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a fairly large number of people who live in the same territory, are relatively independent of people outside it, and participate in a common culture
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sociobiology
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the systematic study of how biology affects human social behavior
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subculture
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a segment of society that shares a distinctive pattern of mores, folkways, and values that differs from the pattern of the large society
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technology
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cultural information about how to use the material resources of the environment to satisfy human needs and desires
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value
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a collective conception of what is considered good, desirable, and proper-or bad, undesirable, and improper-in a culture
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