CULTURE

Question 1

• refers to a group or community which shares common experiences that shape the way its members understand the world.

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CULTURE

Question 2

• he defined that “ culture is a complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, law,
  morals, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member
  of society.”

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EDWARD BURNETT TAYLOR

Question 3

• tend to define culture in terms of **“communicable intelligence”, “communicable understanding” or “communicated ideas”.
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ROBERT RANULP MARRET

Question 4

• he defined that culture is a process of transmitting and acquiring traditions as a result of which society is perpetuated.

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RADCLIFFE BROWN

Question 5

It is what a person has, does, and thinks as part of society.

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Culture is everything.

Question 6

includes all the tangible parts of culture, which includes clothes, food, and even buildings.

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Material Culture

Question 7

includes all the intangible parts of culture, which consist of values, ideas, and knowledge.

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Non-material culture

Question 8

culture is a set of beliefs, attitudes, and practices that an
individual learns through his or her family,friends etc.

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Culture is learned.

Question 9

The process of learning your own culture is called ___________.

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Enculturation

Question 10

Culture can be modified to accommodate desirable traits from other cultures. This process is called?

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Acculturation

Question 11

the reason for the culture has been lost and even the cultural trait itself is in the process of being forgotten

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Deculturation

Question 12

Culture refers to a human-made environment which includes all the material and non-material products of group life that are transmitted from one generation to the next.

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Culture is a lifestyle

Question 13

The set of behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs that a person possesses is part of a greater collection of values and ideas that is communally owned and practiced by members of a society.

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Culture is shared.

Question 14

• they alter their bodies to fit into the physiological norms
  that are dictated by culture.

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Culture affects biology.

Question 15

• tool for survival that humans use in response to the pressure of their environment.

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Culture is adaptive.

Question 16

• culture can cause problems for the people who subscribe to it

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Culture is maladaptive.

Question 17

Enumarate the elements of culture:

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1. Norms
2. Symbols
3. Values
4. Beliefs
5. Language

Question 18

These are the standard expected behavior within a society which is divided into two.

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Norms

Question 19

2 types of Norms

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Formal and Informal Norms

Question 20

these are norms that have firm control to moral and ethical behavior

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Mores

Question 21

these are ordinances of reason enacted to protect the people from the bad effects of outdated mores

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Laws

Question 22

these are behaviors of less importance yet still influence our behavior

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Folkways/Customs

Question 23

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

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Symbols

Question 24

These are culturally defined standards by which people assess desirability, goodness, and beauty and that serve as broad guidelines for social living.

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Values

Question 25

These are specific statements that people hold to be true.

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Beliefs

Question 26

It refers to a form of communication using words either spoken or gestured with the hands and structured with grammar, often with a writing system.

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Language

Question 27

- Culture changes constantly through out the time.

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Dynamic, Flexible and Adaptive

Question 28

- allows members to predict the behavior of other members but there is no assurance that the will think and act similarly.

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Shared and Contested

Question 29

- Culture is learned with practice and through continued process.

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Learned through socialization or enculturation.

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- Culture creates patterned behavior and social interactions.

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Patterned social interactions.

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- idea and ideals intact for the successful transmission from one person to another.

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INTEGRATED and at times UNSTABLE

Question 32

Culture will be successfully transmitted if it uses language and other forms of communication within their context.

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Requires language and other forms of communication.

Question 33

- ability to understand a culture on its own terms and not to make judgments using the standards of one’s own culture.

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Culture Relativism

Question 34

is the ability to understand a culture on its own terms and not to make judgments using the standards of one's own culture

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Culture Relativism

Question 35

- people believe that their culture is superior than other people’s culture.

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Ethnocentrism

Question 36

- people believe that their culture is inferior than other people’s culture.

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Xenocentrism