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Understanding Culture Flashcards

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Culture (from the____ “_____” (growing /cultivation or to cultivate)

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Latin

cultura

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Tabula rasa by

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John locke

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philosophies believed that people begin with no knowledge (or no self) and then, through empirical experiences, develop their understanding of the world and the self.

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Tabula Rasa

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is the complex whole of a society so this would include everything that gives a society its identity such as language, beliefs, values, customs, laws, norms, traditions, etc.

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Culture

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patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance.

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Culture

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can be “understood as systems of symbols and meanings”.

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Cultures

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Culture

“________’ talks about moral values, behaviors, knowledge, beliefs, and symbols…..

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WAY OF LIFE

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Passed along by communication/ socialization from one generation to another.

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Culture

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i s t h e a c q u i r e d knowledge people use to interpret and generate behavior.” (James Spradley, Anthropologist)

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“C U LT U R E

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10
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We can learn culture both formally and informally.

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Culture is learned

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An individual’s patterns of thinking, feeling, and potential acting have been learned throughout his or her lifetime.

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Culture is learned

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Can be _____ directly

Through observation
Through experience
Through watching (docus) and reading books

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Culture is learned

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13
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The first essential characteristic of culture

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Culture is learned

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People of the same community share: ➢ values, beliefs, and traditions
➢ literature and history
➢ language and mannerisms, and the way they communicate
➢ certain personality traits
➢ their roles in the family and society ➢ their occupations and lifestyles

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Culture is shared by group of people

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15
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Culture is__ rather than static

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fluid

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Culture changes all the time

Cultures interact and change adapting to the changing environment

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Culture is dynamic

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are interrelated, interconnected parts that create a whole.

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Systems

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When one part of the system changes, other parts also change, since everything is connected.

❑ There are patterns of behavior, deeply rooted in structural systems.

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Culture is integrated/ system

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19
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Humans create meaning between\____ and what they represent

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symbols

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are both verbal and nonverbal in form within cultural systems, and they have a unique way of linking human beings to each other

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Symbols

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21
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Meaning attached to symbols

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arbitrary

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22
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Culture is (5)

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Learned
Shared
Symbolic
Systemic
Dynamic

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23
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ICEBERG MODEL OF CULTURE

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Edward Hall

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Explicit manifestations of culture Things that we can see, hear, taste, and touch

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Surface culture

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Food, arts and crafts, music, literature, fashion, dances language, greetings, dress, festivals, rituals, and games

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Surface culture

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Communication styles and rules, notions of manners, concepts of freedom, attitudes toward relationships and values, respect for authority, concepts of justice

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Deep culture

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Implicit manifestations of culture

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Deep culture

28
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~ Culture determines the nature of people.

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Cultural determinism

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It is based on their ideas meanings, beliefs, and values.

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Cultural determinism

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There is no limit of the abilities of people, hence proper cultural inputs can positively program the behavior of
people and make them true performer.

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Cultural determinism

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believes that human behavior is influenced by cultural factors, rather than biological.

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Cultural determinism

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✓ is the idea that a person’s beliefs and practices should be understood based on that person’s own culture

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Cultural relativism

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✓Differences may naturally exist among groups and societies.

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Cultural relativism

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✓Different cultural groups think, feel, and act differently.

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Cultural relativism

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✓This theory argues that culture is relative but not the same.

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Cultural relativism

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✓It can create loyalty among the same social group or people in the same society but it creates misunderstanding.

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Cultural ethnocentrism

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✓It occurs when a person believes that their own culturally specific practices or ideas are ‘natural’ or ‘right.’

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Cultural ethnocentrism

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✓It leads to negative judgments of the behaviors, groups, or societies.

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Cultural ethnocentrism

39
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✓ the process of judging another person’s culture through the lens of your own culture (World Atlas)

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Cultural ethnocentrism

40
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Basic Elements of Culture

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Language
Norm
Beliefs
Symbols
Values
Cognitive elements

41
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Every culture has a particular___ which is passed by the person belonging to that particular culture to the next generation and the following generation also has to learn the _____.

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language

42
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instrument of: :communication.

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language

43
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is a medium or an instrument that is used to express one’s view and to keep forward: lone’s opinion.

It is a structured system of communication.

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Language

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rule or a behavior pattern or trait considered typical of a particular social group.

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Norm

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Norms define two types of rules one of which must be followed by people of that particular [society these rules are known as “——”.

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mores

46
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are norms of morality, or right and wrong, and if you break one it is often considered offensive to most people of culture.

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Mores

47
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The other rule tells the daily habits of individuals [of that society it is known as “_\” often referred to as “customs”.

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folkways

48
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According to the American sociologist\\\_, who coined the term, “folkways” are social conventions that are not considered to be of: : moral significance by members of the group but can be important for social acceptance.

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William Graham Sumner

49
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are a principle, propositions, ideas, convictions, and religious faith that are accepted as true or good.

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Beliefs

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For example, he refuses to compete on Sundays because of his religious beliefs that Sunday is a rest day and a family day.

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Beliefs

51
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The importance of ____ may differ for different people, belonging to different cultures. A__\ is something that is used for representation, [like a language, sign, numbers, figures, actions, marks clothing, food, arts, and pieces of literature.

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symbol

52
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sign of the cross means nothing for Hindus [but for Christians, this is a__ of Lord Jesus Christ

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symbol

53
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: are the moral principles and beliefs or accepted standards of a person or social group.

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Values

54
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This also serves as :
miles honesty trust
a guide for human behavior that motivates people to act:
ntegrity quality service
one way or another.

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Values

55
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Some___\ have intrinsic worth,
such as love, truth, and freedom.

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values

56
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vary across: cultures and time. Some____ are explained by society, in this way values of a particular society get accumulated and move forward from generation to generation.

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Values

57
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are that element of culture that deals with the management of difficult times or natural calamities.

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Cognitive elements

58
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are that element
of culture that deals with the management of difficult times or
¡natural calamities.

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Cognitive elements

59
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are that element of culture that deals with the management of difficult times or natural calamities.

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Cognitive elements

60
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of culture are those through which an individual learns how to cope with an existing situation whether natural or social.

These qualities are learned by children and taught, to them, by their parents, so that their son/daughter can live with peace in a particular situation.

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Cognitive elements

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Among these elements are the processes of perceiving, recognizing, conceptualizing, learning, reasoning, and problem-solving.

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Cognitive elements

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