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Test 2: CH 3 Culture Flashcards

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how do superstitions translate particular experiences into meaningful observations?

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they enable people to cope with specific life challenges

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what does culture give to concrete and sensory experience?

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meaning

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high culture vs pop culture

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high culture is enjoyed mainly by upper class (opera, ballet, etc)
pop culture is enjoyed by all classes (movies, pop music, etc)

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why does high culture tend to only be enjoyed by the upper class?

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because appreciating its fineness takes a certain amount of time and money that only the rich can achieve

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dominant vs subordinate culture

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dominant culture helps the powerful categories of people exercise control over others
subordinate culture challenges dominant culture

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culture (book)

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consists of the shared symbols and their definitions that people create to solve real life problems

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symbol (book)

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concrete object or abstract term that represents something else

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where does the meaning of a symbol reside?

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in what the symbol refers to

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9
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our definition of culture notes that symbols are…

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shared

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10
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look name and see meaning

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“look” (concrete behavior)
then “name” (cultural part)
then “see” (abstract understanding/significance)

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abstraction

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ability to create general concepts that meaningfully organize sensory experience

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concepts allow humans to do what 4 things?

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organize, classify, interpret and generalize their experiences

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cooperation

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capacity to creating a complex social life by establishing norms and values

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production

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human capacity to make and use the tools and tech that improve our ability to take what we want from nature

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3 main human capacities for survival

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abstraction
cooperation
production

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what is a taboo?

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the strongest norm; when violated, it causes revulsion and punishment is severe

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3 steps evolutionary psychs use in their argument for their biol. explanation of human behavior

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  1. identify a universal human behavioral trait
  2. offer an explanation for why this behavior increases survival chances through reproduction
  3. conclude that behavior in question cannot be easily changed
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18
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genes never develop w/o _____________ ____________

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environmental influence

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3 parts of the Sapir-Whorf thesis

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we experience things in our environment and create concepts about them (1 to 2); we develop a language to refer to the concepts (2 to 3); language influences how we see the world (3 to 1)

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what do symbolic interactionists say culture is the outcome of?

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culture is the outcome of our choices and culture shapes/constrains our social relations

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Why is Canada said to be undergoing rapid cultural diversification?

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Because of a rising number of immigrants and the wide range in their countries of origin

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multiculturalism

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federal government policy that promotes and funds the maintenance of culturally diverse communities

23
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What is Canada’s official culture?

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We don’t have an official one

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cultural relativism

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belief that all cultures have equal value

25
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What is Quebec’s Bill 21?

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Bans the display of religious symbols worn by educators, cops and legal personnel; Quebec’s way of trying to reinforce its distinctiveness as French

26
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rights revolution

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socially excluded groups struggled to win equal rights (in the second half of the 20th century)

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how did the rights revolution begin?

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when the United Nations proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948

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rites of passage

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cultural ceremonies that mark the transition from one stage of life to another

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globalization

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when formerly separate economies/states/cultures are tied together and people become aware of their growing interdependence

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postmodernism

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mix of cultural elements from dif times and places, diminuition of authority, and decline in consensus of core values

31
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Western culture is the opposite of what culture of our times?

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Postmodernism

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what does postmodernism do for ordinary people?

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empowers ordinary people and makes them more responsible for their own fate

33
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the questioning of authority spread the quickest in which country in the 60s?

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Canada

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who is less deferential to authority: americans or canadians?

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canadians

35
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2 faces of culture

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freedom and constraint

36
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3 aspects of new freedoms that culture allows us today

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diversity
globalization
postmodernism

37
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rationalization

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the most efficient way of attaining goals and the unintended, negative consequences of doing so

38
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Weber said rationalization makes it seem like we’re living inside of a…

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iron cage

39
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the regulation of time helps us to what?

A

achieve goals

40
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consumerism

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tendency to define ourselves in terms of the goods and services we purchase

41
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constraining forces on our lives

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rationalization
consumerism
cultural capital act

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how do people “become” ads?

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by wearing/owning things with labels to display the kind of people they are

43
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how does social media constrain us?

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it has become a compulsion for many

44
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why are attention spans shrinking according to Sean Parker?

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social media is constantly providing people with likes or new knowledge that releases a burst of dopamine

45
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effects of social media constraint

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neglect of loved ones
decreased capacity to focus
increased risk of anxiety and depression

46
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counterculture

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subversive cultures that oppose dominant values and seek to replace them

47
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cultural capital

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the beliefs, tastes, norms and values that people draw on in their everyday life

48
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when does the “gatekeeping” function occur?

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when dominant groups define their specific kinds of cultural capital as prereqs for recruitment/selection

49
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differences in cultural capital are connected to what?

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social classes

50
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is cultural capital material or symbolic?

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symbolic

51
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culture jamming

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creative methods used by individuals and groups to challenge dominant cultural capital

52
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what is the point of culture jamming?

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draw attention to the consequences of consumerist culture

53
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what is the paradoxical nature of culture?

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culture is created to help adaptation/problem solving but once created it becomes something that humans must adapt to at varying degrees

54
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3 lessons that virtual culture teaches children

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you will always be heard
you can direct your attention wherever you want
you will never have to be alone

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