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12 Cards in this Set
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Habit
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repetitive act that a particular individual performs, such as wearing jeans to class every day.
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Custom
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repetitive act of a group, performed to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group, such as many students typically wearing jeans to class.
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Cultural Landscape
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the fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group.
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Culture Diffusion
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the expansion and adoption of a cultural element from its place of origin to a wider area
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Hearth
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the point of origin of a cultural trait
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Distance Decay
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the likelihood of diffusion decreases as distance from its hearth increases
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Folk Culture
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traditionally practiced by people in a small, homogenous place.
ex. Amish, small communities |
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Popular Culture
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Found in large heterogeneous society
ex. big city |
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Popular Culture vs Folk Culture
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Popular Culture has a more distribution than Folk Culture
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Impacts of Popular Culture
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Adversely affect the environment:
modify nature uniform landscape environmental degradation |
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Threats to Folk Culture
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less traditional value
westernization and cultural imperialism |
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Environmental Impact of Popular Culture
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Price of American Life
5% of population consumes 23% of world energy the depletion of natural resources |
