Quiz Flashcards
What are mores?
Norms that are strictly enforced
(Severe penalties if violated)
E.g., beating your children, incest, cannibalism etc.
What are folkways?
Group habits or customs that are common in a given culture
(Violating these habits will not result in punishment)
E.g., swimming in a bikini is normal, but you won’t be punished for going in shorts and a tshirt.
What is culture?
Collection of values, beliefs, knowledge, norms, language, behaviors, and material objects shared by a people and socially transmitted from generation to generation.
What is dominant culture?
A culture that permeates the society and that represents the ideas and practices of those in positions of power
People learn about their culture through ____________.
Socialization
What is ideal culture?
What people say are their values, beliefs and norms.
What is real culture?
What people actually value, believe, and have norms in.
What is subculture?
Cultures associated with smaller groups in the society that have distinct norms, values, and lifestyles that set them apart from the dominant culture.
E.g., comic con fans, emos, Amish people without technology, all cultures that are not white and male, etc.
What is counterculture?
A subculture who’s values and lifestyles distinctly oppose the values and lifestyles of the dominant culture.
E.g., LGBT community, survivalists, hipsters
What is ethnocentrism?
My culture is superior to yours
What is social structure?
Recurring patterns of behavior
E.g., your family - you each have roles and you know what to say and when and how to behave
your classroom etc.
What is socialization?
The process through which people learn their culture’s basic norms, values, beliefs, and behaviors.
- learning your culture, you’re being socialized into it.
What are the agents of socialization?
The groups who teach us about our culture.
- Family
- School
- Media
- Peer Groups
- The Workplace
- Religion
What is social stratification?
A system by which society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy.
What is society?
A group of people who live together with specific territory and share a culture.
