Chapter 2.. Cultures Flashcards
Society
People who live in the same area, separate and different from people outside territory, common culture
Culture
Societies beliefs, history, knowledge, customs, etc.
Cultural trait
A single object or action or believe produced by culture
Cultural complex
A set of interrelated traits
Material culture
Objects created or use Buy a cultureparentheses artifacts parentheses
Nonmaterial cultures
Abstract human creations
Cultural values
Collection of what is good, desirable, proper
Norms
Guidelines followed in relations with one another
Folkways
Every day habits and conventions
Mores
Powerful moral significance. Provoke intense action if broken
Taboos
Prohibition against important Moresforbidden
Symbols
Commonly understood gestures, words, objects, sounds, colors, designs that stand for something else
Language
Organization of written or spoken symbols
Signs
Nonverbal communication
Knowledge
Attempts to define what exists or really the world