Chapter 16 - Culture Flashcards
Culture
Information transmitted through learning.
Language development is primarily shaped by what?
The language you learn first.
Frame-Switching
Changing how you think and behave based on the context.
Analytic Thinking
Focuses on objects and their attributes.
Holistic Thinking
Focuses on the relations among objects and among their surrounding context.
Three Codes of Ethics
1) Ethic of Autonomy
2) Ethic of Community
3) Ethic of Divinity
Ethic of Autonomy
Morality in terms of freedom or rights.
Ethic of Community
Morality in terms of our duties within our roles in a community.
Ethic of Divinity
Preserving sanctity and the “natural order” of things.
Culture-Bound Disorder
A disorder that is greatly influenced by cultural factors and occurs far less frequently in other cultures.