Culture
American Vales
Role/Status
Groups
Random
100

A distinct cultural group within a larger culture

“Culture within a culture"

Subculture

100

This value includes success at work, school, sports, and gaining wealth

Personal Achievement

100

Optional position that you can obtain, such as parent, coach, spouse

Achieved Status

100

Interaction that occurs when people work together to achieve shared goals

Cooperation

100

T or F

Society and Culture are the exact same thing

False

200

Shared rules of conduct and accepted behaviors

Norms

200

Americans do not want the government to interfere in their daily lives or personal choices

Freedom

200

Norms that specify the rights and obligations of each status; define how people who hold statuses ought to act and feel

Role

200

Parties trade tangible/intangible benefits with the expectation that ALL parties will benefit

Exchange

200

Moving to a different country where you are not a citizen with the purpose of living there long-term

Immigration

300

Physical aspects of culture

Ex. Clothing, Buildings, Books, Artwork, Food

Material Culture

300

Americans believe that citizens have the right to choose their representatives in the government through voting

Democracy

300

One status that plays the greatest role in shaping a person’s life

Master Status

300

Individuals feel that they don’t belong

Out Group

300

2 people, if one leaves, group is destroyed

Dyad

400

Adopting the cultural practices of the dominant group

Assimilation

400

Includes not only good nutrition, medical care, and housing, but also nice cars and recreation.

Material Comfort

400

Conflict within one status

Role Strain

400

A group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister

Cult

400

Group-characterized by intimate, face to face interaction

Ex. Family

Primary Group

500

The belief that your own culture and group is superior to others

Ethnocentrism

500

Most Americans place a high value on morality and view the world in terms of “right vs. wrong"

Humanitarianism

500

Conflict due to many statuses

Role Conflict

500

Referring to the effect that the presence of other people has on the decision to help or not help, with help becoming less likely as the number of bystanders increases

Bystander Effect

500

The belief that cultures should be judged by their own standards rather than by applying the standards of another culture

Cultural Relativism

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