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Society vs culture
Society: consists of people
Cultures consists of shared products
Culture- tangible, intangible
Tangible: objects, buildings
Intangible: beliefs, thoughts
Material culture
Objects of a group
Non material culture
Ideas and attitudes
Symbols
Help people understand the world and meanings, destroying them can mean multiple things
Language
Symbolic system, communication and transmission of culture.
Culture universals
Traits that are globally common to all societies
- family
Subcultures
Smaller cultural group within a larger one
Formed by ethnic, racial groups, shared experience, traits and preferences
High culture
Cultural patterns of a societies elite
Low culture
Pattern of cultural experience and attitudes within lowest class segments of a society
Popular culture
Pattern of cultural experiences and attitudes that exist in mainstream society
Counter culture
Rejecting the larger cultures norms and values
Against dominant ruling culture and want to install their own culture
Cultural change
Innovation; new discoveries and inventions
Diffision: spread out to another
Culture shock
New culture leaves people disoriented and frustrated/confused
Aren’t always expecting cultural differences
Ethnocentrism
Judging others using your cultural standards
