Terms pt1
The spreading of cultural traits from one society to the next.
Cultural Diffusion
Extreme self-centeredness
Narcissism
Discuss how languages can be different throughout cultures. How can languages be the same, but still different?
Accents/Dialects
Immigration
What are three examples of Cultural Universals?
Arts and Leisure, Basic Needs, Beliefs, Communication and Education, Family, Government and Economy, Technology
abstract human creations, such as ideas, language, rules, political systems, and so on.
Non-Material Culture
shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations.
Norm
What is the definition of a "symbol" and what is an example?
something that represents a characteristic and is well known
How does culture in America vary from location to location. 3 examples
Accents/Dialects
Foods
Music
a long term, deeply ingrained pattern of socially unacceptable behavior that is harmful to the person who displays it and to others
Personality Disorder
physical objects created by human groups.
Material Culture
Values are shared beliefs about what is good or bad, or right or wrong. What are three values that Americans hold true?
Food
Freedom
Personal Achievement
Discuss 3 examples of counterculture in America and why they were considered counterculture.
Mafia
Hippies
LGBTQ
norms that have a great moral significance attached to them.
Mores
situation in which aspects of culture change less rapidly than others.
cultural lag
Discuss what the term "Technology" mean in sociology.
Technology is a set of rules to be followed when dealing with social culture.
How does cultural variation lead to ethnocentrism?
when cultures vary, those who are set in their ways do not appreciate the change. Which leads to the challenging of new values and views
a group with its own unique values, norms, and behaviors that exist within a larger culture.
Subculture
the idea of viewing one culture as superior to another
Ethnocentrism
What is the difference between folkways and mores using examples.
Folkways are "suggested" norms with no true moral reasoning such as walking on the right side of the hallways, or holding the door for someone.
Mores hold significant moral value that which when broken can cause issues such as murder, driving under the influence, etc.
How does cultural leveling work?