Elements of Culture Flashcards
rules or standard of behavior shared by members of a social group.
Social norms
may be internalized or may be enforced by a positive or negative sanctions.
Social norms
arbitrary rules governing the countless behaviors that individuals engage in everyday w/o necessarily thinking about said acts deliberately.
Conventions
set of rules that has strong cultural significance and enforcement which expresses the group sense of what’s fitting, right, and conducive to social welfare.
Mores
considered indispensable and violations incur social punishment and peer diaspproval
Mores
uniformities in the behavior of a group which develop relatively spontaneously and even unconsciously in adapting to common life conditions.
Folkways
become established thru repetition and general occurence.
Folkways
formal means of social control
Laws
recorded, coded, and enforced by governing authority for the protection of life, property, and liberty
Laws
actions or behaviors that violate informal social norms or formally-enacted rules.
Deviance
strong negative norm; results in extreme disgust
Taboo
violation of legal codes
results in criminal action initiated by the state
Formal deviance
violation of unwritten, social rules of behavior
results in social sanctions or stigma
Informal deviance
TRUE or FALSE
lesser degrees of social violation result in preference rather than stigmatization.
TRUE
centers on objects, their properties, and the materials that they are made of, and the way in which these material facets are central to an understanding of culture and social relations.
Material culture
