Aspects of Culture Flashcards

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Three types of ‘The’ in Culture

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The What
The How
The Why

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This contains the actions, artifacts, language, and behaviour that characterize a given culture.

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The What

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This identifies the processes that guarantee the transmission and dissemination of the contents.

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The How

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This pinpoints the reason why individuals comply and the mechanisms that facilitate the performance of expected behaviour.

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The Why

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It’s a social science that deals with human Interactions in formal and informal settings, provides the necessary momentum to complete the culture picture.

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Sociology

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It refers to the gradual acquisition of the characteristics and norms of a culture or group by a person, another culture, etc.

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Enculturation

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It is a good example of enculturation. The shock created by their birth culture is a product of their enculturation in the second culture

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Culture Shock

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He is an English anthropologist, was the first to coin the term ‘culture’ in the eighteenth century.

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E.B. Taylor

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They define it in this sence: “A culture is a historically derived system of explicit and implicit designs for living, which tends to be shared by all or specifically designed members of a group.”

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Kluckhohn and Kelly

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This culture refers to similarities in wards and actions which can be directly observed.

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Explicit Culture

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This culture exists in abstract forms which are not quite obvious.

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Implicit Culture

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