lesson 2 Flashcards
is a group of individuals sharing a common culture, geographical location, and government. enables individuals to acquire necessary survival skills, maximize their potential, and share resources.
society
members of the community live together for mutual benefit
social solidarity
serves as a basis for their patterns of action and behavior
shared identity and culture
one of the important bases that define and influence a society. refers to a set of beliefs, ideas, values, practices, knowledge, history, and shared experiences, attitudes, as well as material objects and possessions accumulated over time and shared by the members of society.
culture
learning own culture
enculturation
learning another’s culture
acculturation
combination of object and rules
technology
anything that represents something else; very bases of human culture
symbols
part of the dominant group but differs from it in some important aspects
subculture
a subculture deliberately and consciously opposed to certain central beliefs of the dominant
counterculture
organization of written or spoken symbols into a standardized system
language
shared beliefs about what is good or bad; type of values held by a group determines their character
values
norms that describe socially acceptable behavior but do not have great moral significance to them
folkways
are norms that have great moral significance attached to them that when violated endagers society
mores
process of acquiring and internalizing culture
enculturation