Unit 2: culture Flashcards
Folk cultures
traditional cultures, small and isolated, depend on environment
for cultures contributes basic
language, food, music, housing, or beliefs
Culture
set of learned behaviors produced by a group
popular culture’s
globalize cultures, large, more contact
cultural diffusion
spread of cultural traits between cultures
relocation diffusion
people moving bring treats with them
contagious diffusion
treat spread out from the center, Walmart
hierarchal diffusion
spread of treats between classes, popular music
stimulus diffusion
spread of an idea or concept, drive-through
preserving culture
older people want to keep culture from changing
language
cultural identity
dialect has different
vocabulary, pronunciation, spelling, euphorisms
languages change when
New words are invented, words give new meaning, adopt words from other languages
pigeon languages
mix of two unrelated languages
Creole language
True mix of two languages
official language
language used by government
One official language
Country has homogeneous population,
more than one official language
two official languages, two major groups
Big four
English, French, Spanish, Arabic
religion
belief system that deals with the supernatural
how does religion affect the daily life
rituals, diet, clothing, schooling, traditions
Ethnic religion
Born into
universal religion
joined
how does religion affect society
institutions, religious places, symbols
fundamentalism
backlash to religious change
resist change and beliefs values and traditions
result in conflict between progressing and fundamentalism
increasing Americans turning away from organized religion
globalization
many cultural traits of being a part of most culture
most dominant culture
Western
psychological functions
eating going to the bathroom giving birth
taboos
bigger that is not acceptable
hearth
an area of origin
bottom layers of culture
based on full culture, represents the most important cultural traits
upper cultural layers
innovated traits from new inventions
acculturation
The changing or adaptation of culture
assimilation
giving up your original culture
three largest religions
christianity, Islam, Buddhism
six elements of religion
relationship the unseen world, minutes, organize rituals, what happens after death, code of contact, attract a large following
