Human Behavior
Language and Culture
Essential Components of Culture
Enforcing the Rules
Cultural Guidelines
100
This term refers to the knowledge, language, values, customs, and physical objects that are passed from generation to generation
What is Culture?
100
Something that stands for or represents something else
What are Symbols?
100
These are rules defining appropriate and inappropriate behavior
What are Norms?
100
These are rewards and punishments imposed by those with special authority such as judges
What are Formal Sanctions?
100
These are the beliefs, ideas, and knowledge that influence people's behavior
What is Non-material Culture?
200
A group of people who live in a defined territory and participate in a common culture
What is a Society
200
This allows humans to create culture. It frees humans from the limits of time and place. It allows people to read, discuss, and recombine existing ideas and technology.
What is Language?
200
These are norms that lack a moral significance. They are customs or manners
What are Folkways?
200
These are rewards and punishments that can be applied by most members of a society
What are Informal Sanctions?
200
These are ideas about the nature of reality
What are Beliefs?
300
Inherited patterns of behavior. Non-human animals are dependent on these for survival
What are Instincts?
300
The theory that states that our idea of reality depends largely upon language
What is the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis or the Hypothesis of Linguistic Relativity?
300
These are norms that have a moral significance and should be followed by members of the society. They are vital to the well-being of a society
What are Mores?
300
These are broad ideas about what most people in a society consider to be desirable
What are Values?
300
These are the concrete, tangible objects found in a culture
What is Material Culture
400
These are automatic reactions to physical stimuli
What are reflexes?
400
This is so important to most Germans that German executives have a "closed-door policy"
What is Privacy?
400
These are norms that are formally defined and enforced by officials
What are Laws?
400
This person identified important values that guide the daily lives of most people in the United States.
Who is Robin Williams?
400
These are cultural guidelines that group members claim to accept
What is Ideal Culture?
500
This is the study of the biological basis of human behavior
What is Sociobiology?
500
They use paper walls to create a sense of privacy and are not bothered by noise in adjacent rooms
Who are the Japanese?
500
These are rewards and punishments used to encourage people to follow norms
What are Sanctions?
500
This is a rule of behavior that is very serious. A violation of this calls for a very strong punishment
What is a Taboo?
500
This means judging people based on one's own cultural guidelines or standards. It can lead to racism
What is Ethnocentrism?
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