Culture Flashcards

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What is the name for the culture that is expressed by the choices people make on what they buy

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Consumer culture

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What is the name for the form of culture most popular to the masses

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Popular culture

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What is the common terms for the collective beliefs and ideas that society sees as important and are accepted by majority

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Values

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What would you call the expected pattern of behaviour within a society

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Norms

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Define subculture

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A smaller group within society that have a different set of values to the wider group

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Define cross culture

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Exploring examples of culture from various societies

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Define consumer culture

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Culture expressed by the choices people makes about what they buy

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Define cultural relativism

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The idea that cultural values, norms and behaviour may vary in different societies > making people aware of how they see other cultures through a perspective of their own

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Define global culture

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Increased international communication and connection forms a culture which reflects large scale values

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What do you call the idea that cultural values, norms and behaviour may vary in different societies

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Cultural relativism

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What is the name for artistic and entertainment forms that are usually associated with the more educated members of society

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High culture

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What do you call the exploration of cultures from various societies

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Cross cultural

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What do you call the process of a larger number of people sharing culture ideas as a result of large scale production

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Mass culture

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Define cultural hybridity

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Combining two + forms of culture to form a new culture

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Define cultural capital

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Some possess the appropriate norms, beliefs and values to gain economic rewards

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What is the term for some people possessing the appropriate norms, beliefs and values to gain economic rewards

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Cultural capital

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What do you call the increased international communication and connection forms a culture which reflects large scale values

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Global culture

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Define mass culture

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Large scale production > + people share cultural ideas

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Define popular culture

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The form of culture most popular to the masses (associated with not highly educated)

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Defines values

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Beliefs and ideas that society sees as important, accepted by majority/guide behaviour

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What is it called when you combine two or more forms of culture to create a new culture

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Cultural hybridity

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Define high culture

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Artistic and entertainment forms that are associated with the more educated members of society

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What do you call a smaller group within society that have a different set of values to the wider group

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Subculture

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Define norms

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The expected pattern of behaviour

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Define culture

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The ideas, customs and social behaviour of a particular society