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MIDTERMS Flashcards

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study of man

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anthropology

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study of society and human relations

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sociology

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study of state and government

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political science

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perspective: culture of every person

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cross-cultural or comparative emphasis

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perspective: difference of individuals

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evolutionary or historical emphasis

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perspective: aspects of the environment

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ecological emphasis

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perspective: what consists of an individual

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holistic emphasis

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perspective: all aspects of society serves a purpose and are irreplaceable

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functionalist perspective

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perspective: society as a competition for limited resources

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conflict perspective

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10
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perspective: people give meaning to everything

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symbolic interaction perspective

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11
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examine the political arena and the realm of politics

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political science perspective

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12
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group of people with common territory, interaction, and culture

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society

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definition: complex groups in a reciprocal relationship

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society - functional

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definition: total social heritage that makes the structure of society

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society - structural

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complex whole of beliefs, habits, values, etc. of man that are transmitted through generations

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culture

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element of culture: anything used to stand for something else

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symbols

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17
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element of culture: storehouse of culture

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language

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18
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element of culture: application of knowledge and equipment

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technology

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19
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element of culture: culturally defined standards for what is good or desirable

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values

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element of culture: conceptions or ideas or people have about what is true about their environment

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beliefs

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element of culture: specific rules or standards for appropriate behavior

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norms

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element of culture: physical objects, resources,a nd spaces used to define culture

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material culture

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acquiring culture: children and adults alike have the tendency to imitate

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imitation

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acquiring culture: formal or informal teaching

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indoctrination or suggestion

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acquiring culture: acquired through conditioning

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conditioning

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adapting culture: same culture may take place in two or more different places

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parallelism

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adapting culture: patterns that pass back and forth from a culture

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diffusion

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adapting culture: two or more cultures are merged into one

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convergence

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adapting culture: people break away from their orig culture

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fission

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adapting culture: incorporate patterns of other cultures into their own

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acculturation

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adapting culture: culture of larger society is adopted by a smaller one

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assimilation

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adapting culture: larger and smaller society are able to respect each other

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accommodation

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cause of cultural change: finding a new place, object, that previously existed

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discovery

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cause of cultural change: creative mental process of creating and producing original

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invention

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cause of cultural change: spread of cultural traits or social practices from one society to another

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diffusion

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cause of cultural change: political policy of establishing a colony to the rule or governance of the colonizing state

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colonization

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cause of cultural change: movements aim to change the whole social order

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rebelion and revolution

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rich diversity in social patterns that different human groups exhibit around the world

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cultural variation

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patterns that are globally common to all societies

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cultural universals

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one’s culture is superior among others

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ethnocentrism

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feeling disoriented, uncertain, out of place

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culture shock

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variety culture: shared with distinctive pattern of mores, folkways, and values

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subculture

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variety culture: culture opposed to the mainstream

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counter culture

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variety culture: upper class of the society

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high culture

45
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assess other cultures through their own

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cultural relativism

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by-product attemp of humans to survive their environment and to compensate for their biological characteristics and limitations

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culture

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natural process of biological changes occuring in a population across successive generations

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evolution

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capacity: primary biological component of humans that allowed for culture is the developed brain

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thinking capacity

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capacity: hands of humans have digits or fingers that are straight as compared with the curved ones of the other primates

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gripping capacity

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capacity: vocal tract acts as the mechanism by which sounds are produced and reproduced to transmit ideas and values

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speaking capacity

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form of interaction by which people acquire personality and learn the way of life of their society

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socialization

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comprise of two or more persons who are in social interaction, who are guided by similar norms, values, and expectations, and who maintain a stable pattern of relationship over a period of time

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social group

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requirements for a social group

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two or more people
interaction
together physically

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collection of people: simple collection of people who are in the same place at the same time without interacting with each other

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aggregate

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collection of people: simple collection of people who share distinctive characteristics

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category

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collection of people: collection of people in a given place and time

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collectivity

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group boundaries: which individuals indentifies themselves

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in-group

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group boundaries: viewed as outsiders by the in-group

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out-group

59
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group boundaries: significant to us as models

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reference group

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