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1
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the ways of thinking, the ways of acting, and the material objects that together form a people’s way of life

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Culture

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Culture divides in two branches:

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-Nonmaterial Culture
-Material Culture

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3
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Are tangible things
created by
members of a
society.

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Material culture

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4
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Are the ideas created by
members of a
society.

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Nonmaterial Culture

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5
Q

refers to people
who interact in a
defined territory and
share culture.

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Society

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6
Q

One indication of culture is?

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Language

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7
Q

How many languages are in the usa?

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200

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8
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Global estimates document of languages?

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7,000

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9
Q

refers to
personal disorientation
when experiencing an
unfamiliar way of life.

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Cultural Shock

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10
Q

Name the elements of culture?

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-Symbols
-Languages
-Beliefs and Values
-Norms
-Ideal and Real culture

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11
Q

anything that carries a
particular meaning recognized by
people who share culture.

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symbols

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12
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What are symbols?

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Collective collections

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13
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a system of symbols that
allows people to communicate with one
another.

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language

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14
Q

Thesis that people perceive the world
through the cultural lens of language.

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The Sapir-Whorf Thesis

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15
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abstract standards of goodness.

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Values

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16
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specific
statements that
people hold to be
true.

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beliefs

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17
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specific
statements that
people hold to be
true.

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norms

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18
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What are the 4 elements of Culture Norms?

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1-Taboos
2-Mores
3- Laws
4-Folkways

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19
Q

norms for
routine, casual
interaction.

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Folkways

20
Q

norms that are widely
observed and have great moral significance.

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Mores

21
Q

Murder, rape, child sexual abuse are examples of?

A

Mores

22
Q

Are No written rules and no one physically
harmed. Ex: People chew quietly with mouths closed

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Folkways

23
Q

cultural
patterns that distinguish
a society’s elite

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High culture

24
Q

cultural patterns
that are
widespread among
a population.

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popular culture

25
Q

an educational
program recognizing the cultural
diversity of the United States and
promoting the equality of all cultural
traditions.

A

multicultarism

26
Q

cultural patterns that set apart
some segment of society’s population.

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subculture

27
Q

the
dominance of
African cultural
patterns.

A

afrocentrism

28
Q

the
dominance of
European cultural
patterns.

A

eurocentrism

29
Q

is a type of subculture that strongly opposes or rejects the norms, values, or practices of the dominant culture

A

counterculture

30
Q

the practice of judging
another culture by
the standards of
one’s own culture.

A

ethnocentrism

31
Q

the practice of
evaluating a
culture by that
culture’s own
standards.

A

cultural relativism

32
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types of global culture:

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-Global economy
-Global communication
-Global migration

33
Q

global of culture in which the flow of goods

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global economy

34
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global of culture in which the flow of
information

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global communication

35
Q

global of culture in which the flow of people

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global migration

36
Q

Examples: Etiquette

Table manners

Proper appearance

A

Folkways

37
Q

Important mores become encoded into?

A

Laws

38
Q

Are salient norms that people consider
essential to the proper working of
society.

A

Mores

39
Q

Are prohibitions against behaviors that
most members of a group considered to
be so repugnant they are unthinkable.

A

Taboos

40
Q

Eating human flesh and incest is an example of

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Taboos

41
Q

What are the theoretical analysis of culture?

A
42
Q

are the strongest form of norms.

A

taboos

43
Q

Norms that prohibit actions that are deeply offensive or morally unacceptable in a culture.

A

taboos

44
Q

Formal norms that are written down and enforced by official institutions like governments or courts.

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Laws

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