E1 P3 Culture Flashcards
Values
Principles we place importance on.
Culture
Everything that makes up society; food, music, art, language, education
What is considered normal behavior, like stoping at a stop sign or holding a door.
Norms
Formal Norms / Mores
Informal Norms / Folkways
Sanctions
Positive
Negative
Positive or negative response to a norm
Subculture
Smaller culture inside a bigger one. Gaming culture inside of American culture
Counterculture
Culture that goes against values and norms of main culture in that area
Culture shock
Disorientation someone may feel when absorbed into a new culture. Outside their comfort zone so don’t know what to do.
Ethnocentrism
My culture is the best and should be the only one
Cultural relativism
View a culture in relative to yours. Comparing it. Seeing it through your cultures lenses
Technology and social interaction (atropy of social life)
How people are less social because of technology and innovation
Advertising and social identity (born to buy and consuming kids)
Advertisements and the media are making kids and people identify their identity with certain products. Can only be a certain person if you have this