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CULTURE Flashcards

1
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the difficulty people have adjusting to a new culture that differs markedly from their own

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CULTURE SHOCK

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2
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common practices and beliefs among societies

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CULTURAL UNIVERSAL

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3
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judgments or decisions made by people based from their customs or values of their own

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ETHNOCENTRISM

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4
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evaluating based from your own country’s culture

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ETHNOCENTRISM

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5
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social groups and culture to be studied on their own terms before valid comparison

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CULTURAL RELATIVISM

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6
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does not suggest that we must unquestionably accept every cultural variation, it does require a serious and unbiased effort to evaluate norms, values, and customs in light of their distinctive culture

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CULTURAL RELATIVISM

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in this idea, we want to understand other cultures rather than being strange and toxic

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CULTURAL RELATIVISM

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8
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TWO TYPES OF CULTURE

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MATERIAL

NONMATERIAL

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9
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any culture that is tangible

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MATERIAL

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MATERIAL or NONMATERIAL:

o human technology

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MATERIAL

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MATERIAL or NONMATERIAL:

o buffer & protection from environment such as clothes

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MATERIAL

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12
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MATERIAL or NONMATERIAL:

o modification and exploitation of the environment

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MATERIAL

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13
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any culture that is intangible

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NONMATERIAL

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14
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MATERIAL OR NONMATERIAL:

o belief, knowledge, values and rules of proper behavior

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NONMATERIAL

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15
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how is nonmaterial culture is related to material

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because the way we use these material things is still a value

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16
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5 examples of NONMATERIAL CULTURE

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NORMS
MORES
VALUES
FOLKWAYS
LANGUAGE
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17
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behavior that are agreed and shared with in a culture

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NORMS

18
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talks about the limits of acceptable behavior

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NORMS

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these have a tendency to CONTROL; but they are not absolute

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NORMS

20
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two kinds of NORMS

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IDEAL NORMS

REAL NORMS

21
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kind of norms concerned with the expectations of what people should do under perfect condition

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IDEAL NORMS

22
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kind of norms that are expressed with qualifications and allowances for difference in individual behavior

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REAL NORMS

23
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with moral connotation and based on central values of culture

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MORES

24
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this nonmaterial culture is related to LAWS

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MORES

25
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right vs. wrong

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MORES

26
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if you fail to follow this nonmaterial culture, you can be jailed or punished via the law

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MORES

27
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culture’s general orientation toward life

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VALUES

28
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determining whether that an action is BAD; DESIRABLE versus UNDESIRABLE

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VALUES

29
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permits a wide range of individual interpretation as long as certain limits are not overstepped

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FOLKWAYS

30
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right vs. rude

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FOLKWAYS

31
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this nonmaterial culture describes the:
• before & after scenarios
• clashing of generations

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FOLKWAYS`

32
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enables human to organize the world around them into labeled cognitive categories and use these labels to communicate with one another

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LANGUAGE

33
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this also talks about the person’s perception of reality and experience of world

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LANGUAGE

34
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LANGUAGES ARE __________; anything that represents something else and carries a particular meaning recognized by members of a culture

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SYMBOLIC

35
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human beings adjust to changes in their environment

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ADAPTATION

36
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3 questions we can ask if we are adapting to environment

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o able to PRODUCE
o able to TRANSMIT knowledge
o able to DEPEND on others

37
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any new practice or tools that becomes widely accepted in a society

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INNOVATION

38
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moving of cultural traits and movement transmission of practices of different cultures

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DIFFUSION

39
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according to WILLIAM OGBURN (1964), new patterns of behavior may emerge even though they are in conflict with traditional values

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CULTURAL LAG

40
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who coined the term CULTURAL LAG?’

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WILLIAM OGBURN (1964)

41
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distinct lifestyle, values, norms and beliefs of certain segments of the population within a society

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SUBCULTURE

42
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cultures of discrete population segments within a society

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SUBCULTURE

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