Lesson 3: All About Culture Flashcards
refers to the rich diversity in social patterns that different
human group exhibit around the world.
cultural variation
are patterns or traits that are globally common to all
societies.
cultural universals
a culture that is shared with a distinctive pattern of mores,
folkways, and values which differ from a larger society.q
subculture
lesser Jewish festival
lasting 8 days from the 25th day of
Kislev (in December) and
commemorating the rededication of
the Temple in 165BC by the
Maccabees after its desecration by the
Syrians. It is marked by the
successive kindling of 8 lights.
hanukah
a blood sport in
which two roosters specifically bred
for aggression are placed beak to beak
in a small ring and encouraged to fight
to the death.
cockfighting
s a culture practice by groups whose values and norms place it
at odds with mainstream society or a group that actively rejects the dominant
cultural values and norms.
counter culture
a culture practiced and patronized by the upper classes of the society
high culture
a culture practiced or patronized by the middle and working
classes of the society.
popular culture
the regard that one’s own culture and society is the center
of everything and seen as the most efficient and superior among the cultures in the
world.
ethnocentrism
the feeling of disoriented, uncertain, out of place or even
fearful when immersed in an unfamiliar culture.
culture shock
he practice by assessing a culture by its own
standards rather that viewing it through the lens of one’s own culture.
cultural relativism
It is the
practice that one must understood in the context of their locality.
cultural relativism
observed when new opens up new ways of living and when
new ideas enter a culture as a result of globalization.
cultural change
