Chapter 2: Culture&Culture Change

Question 1

define culture & what are its main characteristics?

Answer 1

the set of learned behaviors&ideas that are characteristic of a particular society or other social group

Question 2

define subculture

Answer 2

the commonly shared customs of a group within a society

Question 3

define ethnocentrism

Answer 3

an attitude of a person who judges other cultures solely in terms of their own culture

*hinders our understanding of the customs of other people and ours as well

Question 4

define society

Answer 4

a group of people who occupy a particular territory & speak a common language

Question 5

describe cultural evolution

Answer 5

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Question 6

define cultural relativism

Answer 6

the attitude that a society’s customs & ideas should be described objectively & understood in the context of that society’s problems and opportunities

Question 7

Bulletpoint: the 2 types of cultural constraints

Answer 7

direct: more obvious (wearing casual clothes to a wedding)
&
indirect: less obvious