Unit 3: Cultural Patterns And Processes Chapter 6: Topic 3.4

Question 1

The spread of information, ideas, behaviors, and other aspects of culture from their hearths to wider areas

Answer 1

Diffusion

Question 2

The spread of culture and/or cultural traits by people who migrate and carry their cultural traits with them

Answer 2

Relocation Diffusion

Question 3

The spread of cultural traits outward through exchange without migration

Answer 3

Expansion Diffusion

Question 4

Occurs when a cultural trait spreads continuously outwards from its hearth through contact among people. Ex: The hearth for blues music is southern US however, as musicians outside this hearth heard the music, they began to play it themselves

Answer 4

Contagious Diffusion

Question 5

Is the spread of culture outward from the most interconnected places or from centers of wealth and influence

Answer 5

Hierarchical Diffusion

Question 6

When a trait diffuses from a group of lower status to a group of higher status

Answer 6

Reverse Hierarchical Diffusion

Question 7

Is when an underlying idea from a culture hearth is adopted by one culture but the adopting group modifies or rejects one trait

Answer 7

Stimulus Diffusion