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What is material culture?
Things you can touch that define your culture
What is culture shock?
disorientation felt when someone is introduced to a different culture
What is non-material culture?
Thoughts or ideas that define a culture
What is culture?
language, beliefs, values, norms, behavior passed from one generation to the next
What is ethnocentrism?
judging other cultures based on your own
What is a value?
Things that we desire in life
What is a norm?
Things that are expected in life
What is a positive sanction? Give one example
What is cultural relativism?
Understanding a culture on its own terms and not judging it based on yours
What is a symbolic culture?
Can also be called non-material culture. Includes gestures, language, norms, values, beliefs and sanctions.
What is a negative sanction? Give one example
Expressions of disapproval. (A fine, a frown, detention)
Why is language important to a culture?
It binds the culture together with one form of communication.
What is a Mores?
Core values of a culture that require conformity.
What is the difference between ideal culture and real culture?
Ideal culture is norms and values a culture should follow, real culture is norms and values we actually follow.
What is a taboo?
Something so strongly ingrained in our society that even the thought of it disgusts us