Culture Flashcards
Way of life
Culture
May be manifested through materials, beliefs or practices
Culture
Often called “learned ways of behavior”
Culture
Culture is a complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, law, art, morals, customs, and other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of the society. – Edward Taylor
Anthropological Perspective
Culture is a collective heritage learned by individuals and passed from one generation to another. – Allan Johnson
Sociological Perspective
Culture acquires learning
Culture is learned
Gaining elements of a culture through observation
Enculturation
Exchange of cultures among group through which group remain distinct
Acculturation
Culture is universal
Culture is relative
The practice of judging another culture by the standards of one’s own culture
Ethnocentrism
The perception or feeling that another country or culture is somehow superior than one’s own
Xenocentrism
Acknowledging the differences in culture
Cultural Relativism
Culture is not something that an individual alone can possess, it is shared with their co-members of society
Culture is shared
Symbols are cultural and relative
Culture is symbolic
Adaptation/changes, Disadvantages/advantages, Positive effects and negative effects
Culture is adaptive and maladaptive
Change is the only constant thing in this world. – Charles Darwin
Culture change
Improving on something that already exists
Innovation
Small group that operates relatively, smoothly within the larger culture
Subculture
Kind of subculture that refuses norms of the larger culture
Counterculture
Tangible
Material Culture
Intangible
Non-material Culture
Specific thoughts or ideas that people hold to be true
Beliefs
Rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members
Norms
Norms that are widely observed and have great moral significance
Mores
