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25 Cards in this Set
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totality of all learned such as beliefs and material; the way of life.
4 major aspects are ideas, values, customs, and artifacts. |
Culture
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the people that belong within the culture.
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Society
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all societies that have developed certain common practices and beliefs
ex.(cooking, athletics, funerals, marriages) |
Cultural Universals
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the process of introducing an idea or object that is new to cu lure.
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Innovation
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making known or sharing the existence of an aspect of reality.
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discovery
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when existing cultures are combined into a form that did not exist before
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Invention
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process by which a culture item spreads from group to group or society to society.
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diffusion
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information about how to use the material resources of the environment to satisfy human needs and desires
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Technology
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The process of change and development in human societies that results from cumulative growth in their stores of cultural information.
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Sociocultural Evolution
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A preindustrial society in which people rely on whatever foods and fibers are readily available in order to live.
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Hunting-and-gathering society
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Preindustrial society in which people plant seeds and crops rather that subsist merely on available foods
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Horticultural
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The most technologically advanced form of preindustrial society.
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Agrarian Society
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A society that depends on mechanization to produce its economic goods and services.
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Industrial Society
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A society whose economic system is primarily engaged in the processing and control of information.
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Postindustrial Society
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A technologically sophisticated society that is preoccupied with consumer goods and media images.
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Postmodern Society
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an abstract system of word meanings and symbols for all aspects of culture.
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Language
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established standards of behavior maintained by a society.
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Norms
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penalties and rewards for conduct concerning a social norm.
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Sanctions
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collective conceptions of what is considered good, desirable, and proper in a culture.
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values
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refers to the physical or technological aspects of our daily lives including food items, hoses, factories, and raw materials.
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Material Culture
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refers to ways of using material objects and to customs, beliefs, philosophies, governments, and patterns of communication.
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Nonmaterial Culture
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a period of maladjustment during which the nonmaterial culture is still adapting to new material conditions.
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Cultural Lag
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feeling of surprise and disorientation that is experienced when people witness cultural practices differnt from their own.
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Cultural Shock
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a subculture that deliberately opposes certain aspects of the larger culture
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Counterculture
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a segment of of society that shares a distinctive pattern of mores, folkways, and values that differs from the pattern of the larger society.
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Subculture
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