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consists of knowledge, values, customs, and physical objects that are passed on from generation to generation among members of a group.
What is Culture
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things that stand for or represent something else.
What is symbol
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rules defining appropriate and inappropriate behavior.
What is norm
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ideas about right and wrong; or the nature of reality
What are beliefs
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the ways in which a culture expresses universal traits.
What are cultural particulars
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a group of people who live in a defined territory and participate in a common culture.
What is society
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theory stating that our idea of reality depends largely upon language.
What is hypothesis of linguistic relativity
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broad ideas about what most people in a society consider to be desirable.
What is values
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actual behavior patterns of members of a group.
What is real culture
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traits that exist in all cultures.
What are cultural universals
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biologically inherited, automatic reactions to stimuli.
What is reflexes
300
norms that have moral dimensions and that should be followed by members of society.
What is mores
300
involves beliefs, ideas, knowledge and has nothing to do with physical objects.
What is nonmaterial culture
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part of the dominant culture, but differs from in some important aspects
What is subculture
300
the feeling or thought that your culture is the best, and therefore should not be changed.
What is ethnocentrism
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an inherited impulse, such as drinking when thirsty.
What is drive
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a norm so strong that its violation demands punishment by the group
What is taboo
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consists of concrete, tangible objects within a culture.
What is material culture
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a subculture that deliberately and consciously opposes certain beliefs or attitudes of the dominant culture.
What is counterculture
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Blondes are dumb. Redheads have bad tempers.
What are examples of ethnocentrism
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joins together the ideas of modern genetics with Darwin's theory of natural selection.
What is sociobiology
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a method of rewarding or punishing individuals in order to encourage them to obey norms.
What is sanction
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cultural guidelines that group members claim to accept.
What is ideal culture
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Discovery, Invention, and diffusion are the three reasons for what?
What are the reasons for cultural change
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cell phones, calculators, internet, microwaves, and computers
What are examples of how Americans value the idea of being practical