Culture 101
What all needs to be shared between people in order to be considered a "culture"?
Knowledge, beliefs, values, norms, behaviors, material objects
"Nacirema" spelled backward.
American
These are rules or expectations for appropriate behavior in a society.
Norms
The type of culture characterized by classical music, fine art, and opera.
High Culture
A group within a larger culture that shares distinct values, norms, or interests but is not opposed to mainstream culture.
Subculture
This term refers to a group of people who share a territory and interact with one another, while culture refers to their way of life.
Society
This concept refers to judging another culture solely by the standards of one's own culture.
Ethnocentrism
I'd be breaking this kind of norm if I dressed in one single color to school one day.
Folkway
The type of culture that is widespread and shared by many people in a society.
Popular Culture
A type of group who actively rejects or opposes the dominant values and norms of mainstream society can be considered this.
Counterculture
The physical objects of culture (clothes, technology, art) are called this.
Material Culture
This feeling occurs when someone experiences confusion or discomfort when encountering an unfamiliar culture.
Culture Shock
Theft, lying, and cheating would be considered to be this type of norm.
Mores
The type of culture that passes down traditions and customs through generations.
Folk Culture
This concept explains why members of a group may dress similarly or use the same symbols to show loyalty and belonging.
Conformity
Norms, values, beliefs, and language are components of this type of culture.
Non-Material Culture
Connect something "strange" in the Nacirema article to something "normal" in American culture.
Notgnihsaw
Shrine
Charm-Box
Holy Mouth Man
Scraping Face
Mouth Rite
Baking Heads
Latipso
Listener
Cannibalism or consuming a forbidden food can be classified as this type of norm.
Taboo
This French bread was used as a case study to demonstrate how a material object can symbolize deeper and non-material values.
Baguette
One major role subcultures serve in a society is that they...
Provide identity or community
DAILY DOUBLE!
This concept explains why cultural traditions are passed from generation to generation rather than genetically inherited.
Socialization
This theory suggests that the strange wording used in the Nacirema article influenced how readers perceived normal behavior.
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
DAILY DOUBLE!
This term describes either a reward or punishment used to enforce conformity to norms.
Sanction
These THREE sociological perspectives analyze culture from the viewpoints of social stability, inequality, and daily interactions.
1. Functionalism
2. Conflict Theory
3. Symbolic Interactionism
This often leads to the emergence of a counterculture.
Social inequality, groups feeling like they are marginalized, conflict with dominant values