Term 1-Culture
Culture
Is the knowledge, language, values, customs, and physical objects that are passed from generation to generation among members of groups
Norms
Rules that define behavior, helps explain why people in society or a group behave; it is guiding behaviors
Symbols
Any object, word, gesture, or sound that represents an abstract idea or meaning recognized by people who share a culture
Sub Culture
A group that is part of the dominant culture but that differs from it in some way
Sanctions that are enforced by regular people in society
Material
Something that we are able to hold physically
Folkways
Informal customs and traditions that help guide our interactions
Language
Used to communicate throughout culture and society. Different types of languages in society and some of them don't involve talking
Counter Culture
A culture that has different values, beliefs, and behaviors than the main culture
Formal Sanctions
Sanctions that are enforced by officials in society (judges, police officers, teachers)
Non-Material
Something that we cannot touch physically, going to be more ideas, knowledge, and beliefs that are important to our culture
More
Deeply moral significance, holding societal customs and traditions
Sense of confusion and frustration by being in an unknown culture
Culture Universals
A trait/norm that all cultures agree with (EX: family, education, language)
Beliefs
Ideas about the nature of reality, they can be true or false, it's the "what"
Society
Is a group of people who live in a defined territory and participate in a common culture
Laws
Formally written and defined and enforced by officials
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
There are many words throughout languages to describe the things we value in our culture
Culture Diversity
a culture that has a diverse amount of people within one culture, such as racial identities, ethnicity, religious beliefs
Social Categories
Groupings of people who share a social characteristic
Sociobiology
The study of how biology influences human behavior (Its all genetics, the way we act with one another is because of genetics)
Sanctions
Rewards and punishments used to encourage people to follow norms
Values
Broad ideas about what is good or desirable shared by people in society, (the why)
Ethnocentrism
Judging others culture based on your own culture standards
Taboo
An action that is viewed across all cultures that is deemed horrible and extremely prohibit