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what is culture?
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the ways of thinking, the ways of acting, and the materials objects that together from a people's way of life.
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what is nonmaterial culture?
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the ideas created by members of a society.
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what is material culture?
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the physical things created by members of a society.
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what is symbol?
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anything that carries a particular meaning recognized by people who share a culture.
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what is Language?
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a system of symbols that allows people to communicate with one another.
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what is cultural transmission?
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the process by which one generation pass culture to the next.
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what is sapir-whorf thesis?
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the idea the people see and understand the world through cultural lens of language.
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what is values?
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cultural defined standards that people use to decide what is desirable, good, and beautiful and it serves as a broad guidelines for social living.
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what is beliefs?
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specific thought or ideas the people hold to be true.
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what are norms?
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rules and expectations by which a society guides the behaviors of its members.
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what is mores?
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norms that are widely observed and have a great moral significance.
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what is folkways?
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norms of routine or casual interaction.
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what is social control?
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attempts by society to regulate people's thoughts and behavior.
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what is technology?
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knowledge that people use to make a way of life in their surroundings.
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what is high culture?
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culture patterns that distinguish a society's elite.
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what is popular culture?
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culture patterns that are widespread among a society's population.
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what is subculture?
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culture patterns that set apart some segments of a society's population
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what is multiculturalism?
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a perspective recognizing the cultural diversity of the United State and promoting equal standings for all cultural traditions.
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what is Eurocentrism
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the dominance of European (especially England) cultural patterns.
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what is Afrocentrism?
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Emphasizing and promoting African cultural patterns.
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what is counterculture?
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cultural patterns that strongly oppose those widely accepted within a society
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what is cultural integration?
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the close relationships among various elements of a cultures system.
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what is culture lag?
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the fact that some cultural elements change more quickly than others, disrupting a cultural system
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what is ethnocentrism?
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the practice of judging another culture by the standards of one's own culture.
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what is the cultural relativism?
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the practice of judging a culture by its own standards.
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what is cultural universals?
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trials that are part of every known culture.
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what is sociobiology?
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a theoretical approach that explores ways in which human biology affects how we create culture.
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what are the three things that causes cultural change?
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1. invention
2. discovery 3. diffusion |
