Culture Review

Question 1

belief that you are the center if the universe

Answer 1

Egocentrism

Question 2

shared way of life

Answer 2

Culture

Question 3

things you hold dear

Answer 3

beliefs

Question 4

shared ways we live by

Answer 4

values

Question 5

anything we attach meaning to

Answer 5

symbols

Question 6

symbols that allow us to communicate

Answer 6

language

Question 7

Sapir Whorf Thesis

Answer 7

language shapes our reality

Question 8

how we pass down culture from generations

Answer 8

culture transmission

Question 8

sets you in a certain routine

Answer 8

social control

Question 9

(right vs rude) rules defining appropriate and inappropriate behavior; patterns of behavior

Answer 9

norms

Question 10

(right vs wrong) norms that lack moral significance, mild rules

Answer 10

folkway

Question 11

strict rules of behavior- written or unwritten law

Answer 11

more

Question 12

sanction

Answer 12

positive or negative responses to get you back to normal

Question 13

material culture

Answer 13

anything tangible

Question 14

non-material culture

Answer 14

intngible (sounds ideas, words)

Question 15

ideal culture

Answer 15

what we want our culture to be

Question 16

culture lag

Answer 16

each culture adapts t its own pace

Question 17

sociocultural evolution

Answer 17

technology forces culture to change

Question 18

culture shock

Answer 18

any cultures actions that differ from our own and cause discomfort

Question 19

right of passage/ritual

Answer 19

markers that signify an event

Question 20

cultural universe

Answer 20

something that takes place in every culture

Question 21

culture trait

Answer 21

one thing or artifact

Question 22

culture complex

Answer 22

series of traits that complete an action

Question 23

culture pattern

Answer 23

series of complexes that complete an event

Question 24

cultural relativism

Answer 24

looking at culture through its lens

Question 25

subculture

Answer 25

a culture within a culture

Question 26

counter culture

Answer 26

culture outside a culture

Question 27

cultural universals

Answer 27

refer to what we have in common as human beings

Question 28

cultural particulars

Answer 28

indicate how elements are expressed within and across cultural groups