Chapter 9 - Values and Culture Flashcards
cultural principles
ideas that guide construction of cultural categories
fashion system
transfer cultural meaning into consumer products
rituals
symbolic actions in fixed sequence and repeated
exchange rituals
person presenting and consumer purchasing
possession rituals
discuss, compare, reflect on belongings
grooming rituals
extraction of cultural meaning from usage (e.g. use of makeup at work)
divestment rituals
erase meaning from previous owner, e.g. decorate to remove old possession trace.
enculturation
learn own culture
acculturation
learn and adapt another culture
body language
- facial expression
- gestures
- postural shifts
- forms of touching (firm vs caressing)
core values
i - individualism P - Power distance L - long term orientation U - uncertainty avoidance M - masculinity
9 listed values
S3 a fun warm worker BEe
Security, Self-respect, self-fulfilment Accomplishment Fun & enjoyment Warm relation Well-respected Belonging Excitement
cultural categories
segments of time, space, nature and people