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
