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Lesson 2: Culture, Society & Politics Flashcards

1
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Is a collection of interacting individuals sharing the same way of life and living in the same territory

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Society

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They have so many diverse characteristics — customs, religion, politics, economies, families, schools and etc.

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Society

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Are bound together by a sense of common identity

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Society

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What is society?

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Individuals bound together by sense of common identity.

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5
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What are the foundations of Society

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Status

Roles

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A position in society; people usually behave in accordance with their statuses

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Status

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Every status has a right and obligation. Every status carries a role, the expectation of what individuals should do in accordance with their particular status

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Role

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A status is _______ while a role is _______, shaped by specific situations & persons

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Static

Dynamic

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9
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What are the two types of Status?

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Ascribed Status

Achieved Status

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10
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Type of status that pertains to gender and race as well as age; we are born male or female or into some racial group.

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Ascribed Status

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A type of status that is attained through our own actions. A result from what we do and we earn them in some way.

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Achieved Status

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12
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Is the complex whole which encompasses beliefs, practices, values, 
attitudes, norms, artifacts, symbols, 
knowledge and everything that a 
person learns and shares as a member 
of society
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Culture

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13
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What are the three components that go together that make up culture?

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Ideas
Activities
Artifacts

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14
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It is shared, learned and symbolic

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Culture

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15
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2 types of culture

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Material Culture

Non-Material Culture

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A kind of Culture that are physical objects / artifacts that people create

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Material Culture

17
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Sociologist use this term to refer to the physical objects of material Culture

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Artifacts

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Example of Material Culture

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Clothing, Books, buildings & utensils

19
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A kind of culture from the abstract human creations

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Non-Material Culture

20
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Example of Non-Material Culture

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Ideas, Beliefs, rules, family patterns

21
Q

What are the six aspects of culture?

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Symbol
Language 
Values
Norms
Folkways
Mores
22
Q

What are the characteristics of culture?

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Culture is learned
Culture is dynamic
Culture is integrated 
Culture is shared
Culture is based on symbols
23
Q

refers to the tendency of each society
to place its own culture patterns at the
center of things.

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Ethnocentrism

24
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What is ethnocentrism?

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An attitude where we believe that our own culture is superior than others

or

Universal human reaction found in all known societies

25
Q

is the idea that all norms, beliefs, and
values are dependent on their cultural
context and should be treated as such. Also a research method

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Cultural Relativism

26
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What is Culture Relativism

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It promotes greater appreciation of the
cultures one encountered along the
way.

27
Q

A belief that one’s own products, styles or ideas are inferior to those which originage elsewhere

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Xenocentrism

28
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What is Xenocentrism?

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A preference for the foreign

29
Q 
The fear of losing identity, suspicion, 
of other group’s activities, 
aggression, and the desire to 
eliminate the presence of other 
group to secure a presumed 
purity.
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Xenophobia

30
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What is Xenophobia?

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Dislike of or prejudice againts people from othrr countries

31
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Refers to the theory, art and practice of the government

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Politics

32
Q

The ________ is a concrete example of a political institution

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Government

33
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Is manifested in the acquisition of statuses and functions

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Power

34
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A status granted to individuals or institutions to properly run the government and implement the rule in a society.

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Power

35
Q

What are the three branches of the Government?

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Executive
Legislative
Judiciary

36
Q

The branch of the government where they have the right to execute governance and implement laws.

The president, Vice President & Cabinet Members belongs in this branch.

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Executive

37
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They make & pass the law for the executive power to implement.

Senators and Congressmen are part of this branch.

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Legislative

38
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They are tasked to interpret laws in accordance with society’s standards and norms. The Chief Justice and Associate Justice belongs to this government branch.

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Judiciary

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