Sociology Test 1 Chapter 2

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consist of the beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that define a society of people way of life

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culture

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a system of symbols that allows members of a society to communicate with one another

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language

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rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members

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norms

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norms can either be

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prescriptive or proscripitive

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norms that have great moral significance

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mores

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noms that have less moral significance than mores

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folkways

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the knowledge and the objects produced from that knowledge that a society of people uses to adapt to the demands of living in a particular physical environment

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technology

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changes in the organizational characteristics of society are driven by changes in the level of technology

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sociocultural evolution

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cultural patterns that strongly oppose accepted culture within a society

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countercultures

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process of creating new cultural elements

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invention

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recognizing and understand an idea not full understood before

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discovery

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the spread of cultural traits from one cultural system to anotehr

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diffusion

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the practice of judging another culture by the standards of ones own culture

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ethnocentrism

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traits that are found in every known culture

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cultural universals

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a theoretical approach that explores ways in which biological forces affect human culture

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sociobiology

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culture has 2 basic components:

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nonmaterial culture and material culture

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honor mother, rules that tell what to do

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prescriptive

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do not kill, tells you what not to do

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proscriptive

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example of more

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law

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example of folkway

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manners

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malterial culture reflects upon a societyss-----

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technology

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5 basic levels of development within the process of sociocultural evolution:

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hunting gatherin, horticulture pasturalizm, agriculture, industry, and post industry

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hunting gathering=
horticulture pasturalizm agriculture,=
industry,= and
post industry=

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nomad
use of hand tools
large scale farming
production of goods
information based

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ex of subculture

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omish

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ex of counterculture

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hippie

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widespreadcultur- al norms and values we use as references in evaluating ourselves

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generalizedother,d

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id vs superego

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ego

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society socializes you to fit it is an example of

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superego

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example of mead rolde of the other

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empathy in the movies

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who is responsible for sociocultural evolution?

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Lenski

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example of sociobiology is

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why men are more aggressive in all cultures