Chapter 4 Folk And Pop Culture Flashcards
Acculturation
Process of social, physiological, and cultural change that stems from blending between cultures
Assimilation
The process of taking in and understanding info or ideas
Artifact
Object made by a human being. Typically something of cultural interest
Built environment
Man made surroundings that provide setting for humans
Habit
A repetitive act performed by a particular individual
Globalization
Actions that involve the entire world making something worldwide
Taboo
A restriction
Folk culture
Culture used in little homogeneous groups live in isolation
Pop culture
Found in large heterogeneous groups share habits
Custom
Frequent repetition of an act that becomes a characteristic of a group
Material culture
An item that has significance to a culture
Non material culture
Something that is important to a culture (language,religion)
Possiblism
How the environment may decide human acitivities but humans can alter the environment
Cultural perception
Perception on different cultures
Cultural ecology
How humans adapt to their physical environment
Cultural landscape
Cultural properties of both nature and man made things
Culture trait
Trait that everyone follows in their culture
Culture region
An area that is homogeneous in their culture
Environmental determinism
How physical environment causes human activities
Glocalization
Adaption of international products around the particularities of a local culture
Mentifact
Mix of sociofact and artifact
Socio fact
Mixture of mentifact and artifact
Uniform landscape
How a group is alike
