Understanding culture Flashcards
People’s way of life shared by other people living in a certain cultural region
Culture
Physical/material things that reflect their different cultural orientation (tools, tech, clothing, transportation)
Material culture
Non-physical things that depict society’s way of life. (values, religion, symbols, language)
nonmaterial culture
modified culture within a larger culture practiced by a society. Part of a larger culture but share a specific identity within a smaller group.
subculture
Type of subculture that reject some of larger culture’s norms and values
counterculture
society comes to accept as normal.
norms
norms which society come to accept as the proper way to deal with everyday living and social interactions.
(cultural norms)
Folkways
In Latin meaning “custom”. Standards set by society for behavior and appearance. Those who don’t follow are “social deviants”
(cultural norms)
Mores
Formalized mores.
(cultural norms)
Laws
A culture absolutely forbids. Negative norm.
(cultural norms)
Taboo
According to Richley Crapo(2001), ____ means people make sense of their experience and ideas to be true.
belief
Illustration to represent a particular meaning
Symbol
system of symbols for communicate, interact, and share.
Language
desirable and serves as a guiding principle in people’s lives.
Values
point of view which people use their home culture as their standard for judging the worth of other cultures
Ethnocentrism
Fascination with other’s culture and contempt for one’s own.
Xenocentrism
Assessing a culture by its standards rather than viewing it through the lens of one’s own culture.
Culture relativism
