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Culture
Theories
Values and Beliefs
Definitions
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What is culture?
Culture is a way of life shared by members of a society.
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What is ethnocentrism?
It is the belief that ones culture is better than the rest.
100
What are values?
Values are culturally defined standards that people use to decide what is desirable, good, and beautiful.
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What is culture shock?
Culture shock is peronal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life.
100
What is a symbol?
A symbol is anything that carries a particular meaning recognized by people who share a culture.
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What is subculture?
Subculture is having a culture within a culture. Ex: teenagers
200
What is the structural-functional approach on culture?
The structural-fuctional approach views culture as a relativly stable system bulit on core beliefs.
200
What are beliefs?
Beliefs are specific thoughts or ideas that peopl hold to be true.
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What is language?
a system of symbols that allows people to communicate with one another.
200
What did Robin William identify about the U.S.?
Robin William identified the ten values that are wide spread in the U.S.
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What is the differance between real and ideal culture?
Real culture is how the culture actually is and ideal culture is how we wan the culture to be.
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What is the social-conflict approach on culture?
The social-conflict apprach views culture as a dynamic arena of inequality and conflict.
300
What are norms?
Norms are rules and regulations by which a society guide the behavior of its members.
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What is cultural relativism?
Cultural relativism is the practice of judging a culture by its own standards.
300
What are two aspects of global culture?
1. Global economy 2. Global communication 3. Global migration
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Give an exemple of materical culture and an example of non-material culture.
material - ex: armchairs-zippers non-material - ex: art-Zen
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What is the sociobiology view on culture?
Sociobiology explores how th long history of evolution has shaped patterns fo culture in today's world.
400
What is the difference between mores and folkways?
Mores are norms that are widely observed and have great moral significance. Folkways are norms for routine or casual interaction.
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What is the definition of cultural transmission?
Cultural transmission is the process by which one generation passes culture to the next.
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What is a cause of cultural change?
1. invention 2. discovery 3. diffusion
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What is the most monocultural society and what is the most multicultural society?
Japan is the most monocultural society. The United States is teh most multicultural society.
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What does the Sapir-Whorf thesis state?
It states that people see and understand the world though the cultural lens of language.
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Name four of the Key Values of U.S. Culture.
1. Equal opportunity 2. Achievment and success 3. Material comfort 4. Activity and work 5. Practicality and effciency 6. Progress 7. Science 8. Democracy and free enterprise 9. Freedom 10. Racism and group superiority
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What is culture lag?
Culture lag is the fact that some cultural elements change more quickly than others.
500
what percent of men and what percent of weomen are illiterate in low income countries?
30% of men are illiterate and 50% of women are illiterate.