chapter 3 Flashcards
culture
glue that holds society together
social values
provides societies that guidelines for right and wrong behaviors
culture can be both
material and nonmaterial
material culture (material goods)
consists of objects created in the society physical and tangible
nonmaterial culture
consists of non tangible abstract ideas, such as: norms, laws, customs, values and beliefs of a group of people
true or false: culture is not the same as society
true
true or false society is not a group of people living in a given territory governed by a political authority and guided by a common culture
false
true or false: culture does not make society possible
false (it does)
subculture
a group of whose values ad norms are distant from the majority
counterculture
a group that rejects the prevailing norms and values of society
true or false: a counterculture is a type of subculture
true
assimilation
the process by which new different cultures are absorbed into the mainstream culture
multicultrism
when groups remain culturally distinct but share equally in economic and political life
who came up with the hyperreality theory?
jean baudillard
first-order stimulation
there is a visible link between the representation and the real art imitating life