chapter 3 Flashcards
beliefs:
tenets or convictions that people hold to be true
countercultures
groups that reject and oppose society’s widely accepted cultural patterns
cultural imperialism
the deliberate imposition of one’s own cultural values on another culture
cultural relativism
the practice of assessing a culture by its own standards, and not in comparison
to another culture
cultural universals:
patterns or traits that are globally common to all societies
culture lag:
the gap of time between the introduction of material culture and nonmaterial culture’s
acceptance of it
culture shock
an experience of personal disorientation when confronted with an unfamiliar way
of life
culture:
shared beliefs, values, and practices
diffusion
the spread of material and nonmaterial culture from one culture to another
discoveries
things and ideas found from what already exists
ethnocentrism
to evaluate another culture according to the standards of one’s own culture
folkways
direct appropriate behavior in the day-to-day practices and expressions of a culture
formal norms
established, written rules
globalization
the integration of international trade and finance markets
high culture:
the cultural patterns of a society’s elite
