Culture and Society Flashcards
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The organization of written or spoken symbols into a standardized system
Language
Shared beliefs about what is good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable
values
A group that shares values, norms, and behaviors that are not shared by the entire population
subculture
All the shared products of human groups, including both physical objects and the beliefs, values, and behaviors shared by a group
culture
A group of interdependent people who have organized in such a way as to share a common culture and feeling of unity
society
The shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations
norms
Norms that describe socially acceptable behavior but do not have great moral significance attached to them
folkways
Norms that have great moral significance attached to them
mores
Certain features that are developed to ensure the fulfillment of some needs of society and are common to all cultures
cultural universals
A spontaneous expression of approval or disapproval given by an individual or a group.v
informal sanction
A long-term conscious effort to promote or prevent social change
social movement
The process by which a norm becomes a part of an individual’s personality, thus conditioning that individual to conform to society’s expectations
internalization
The knowledge and tools that people use to manipulate their environment
technology
A punishment or the threat of punishment used to enforce conformity
negative sanction
Belief that cultures should be judged by their own standards
cultural relativism
