culture and society from the perspective of anthropology and sociology Flashcards

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English anthropologist 1871

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E.B. Taylorr

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complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, laws, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society

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culture

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society is an organized group

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Kessing

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it is composed of human beings and the institution by which people live together in their culture

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Liston

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society consists of all people who share a distinct and continuous way of life and think of themselves as one united people

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Dressler

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refers to acquired, cognitive, and symbolic aspects of existence

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culture

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refers to the social organization of human life, patterns of interaction, and power relationship

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society

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components that are visible and tangible

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material culture

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components of culture that are nontangible or without physical representation

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non-material culture

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non-material culture can be categorized into two:

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cognitive
normative

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ideas, concepts, philosophies, designs

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cognitive culture

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includes all the expectations, standards, and rules for human behavior

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normative behavior

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means that cultures interact and change

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dynamic, flexible, and adaptive

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as we share culture with others, we are able to act in appropriate ways as well as predict how others will act

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shared and may be challenged

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much of learning culture is unconscious

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learned through socialization or enculturation

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has the capacity to define and control human behaviors

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patterned social interactions

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cultural expectations in terms of how one will think, feel, or behave as set by one’s culture

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norms

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holism or the various parts of a culture being interconnected or interlinked

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integrated

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we need symbols and language to communicate with others in society

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requires language and other forms of communication

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as we share our culture with others, we are able to pass it on to the new members of society or the younger generation in different ways

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transmitted through socialization/enculturation

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elements of culture

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beliefs
values
symbols
language
technology

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ideas people have about what is true in the environment around them

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beliefs

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describe what is appropriate or inappropriate

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values

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used to understand each other

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symbols

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is a shared set of spoken and written symbols

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language

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to ease the task of living and maintaining the environment

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technology

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are specific rules/standards to guide appropriate behavior

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norms

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defines and tells us things not to do

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proscriptive type

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defines and tells us things to do

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prescriptive

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forms

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folkways
mores
laws
taboos

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also known as customs, breaking it does not usually have serious consequences

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folkways

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strict norms that control moral and ethical behavior

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mores

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codified ethics and formally agreed

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laws

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society holds so strongly that violating it results in extreme disgust

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taboos

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theoretical perspective about society

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functionalism/structural
conflict theory
symbolic interactionism