FINALS Flashcards
set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution
or organization
Culture
It is the social behavior and norms found in human societies.
Culture
It is a culture where human society is greatly influenced by the mentality that EVERYTHING is DISPOSABLE, REPLACEABLE and TEMPORARY
Throw-away culture
is greatly influenced by Materialism and Consumerism.
“Throw-away Culture”
It comes from a basic concept that
We have to purchase goods and services in order to achieve a status in a society
Materialism
2 TYPES OF MATERIALISM
Planned obsolescence
Perceived obsolescence
creation of material goods/services that break apart sooner rather than later, in order for people to buy
more things .
Planned obsolescence
Products are perfectly normal & good by working fine but there is this mentality that it goes out of style, no longer cool/relevant.
Perceived obsolescence
It refers to a cultural value placed on the accumulation of material possessions, a process in which people base their sense of themselves, their well-being, and social standing on possession
Materialism
this mentality emphasizes that we become who we are as a person because of the stuff that we possessed.
Materialistic mentality
It is a cultural model that promotes the acquisition of goods & especially the purchase of goods as the vehicles for personal satisfaction and economic stimulation.
Consumerism
PROMOTES A MENTALITY that:
-“GOOD LIFE is attainable through the ‘GOODS LIFE’ by earning lots of money and spending it on products to claim that would make us HAPPY, LOVED, & ESTEEMED”
Consumerism
is more likely to be an individual characteristic
Materialism
is the overall characterization of the mode of acquisition in a modern consumer society
Consumerism
True or false
Consumers have to be materialists – most aren’t; materialists will be consumers, indeed passionate consumers.
False
It describes a way of life in which people place high value on material possessions, and which people tend to consume more than what they need
Consumerism
In order to increase their personal sales and gain more profit, the promotion of different products come into play through many advertisements almost everywhere
Capitalists. (Marketers)
promotes the importance of Consumer Spending for Economic Growth
Government
T of F
People tend to be narcissistic/ selfish instead of looking maybe for what others might need.
T
T or F
People do not tend to be imprisoned to the crisis of dissatisfaction which eventually leads to have a throw-away mentality
F
