Vocab 3 Flashcards
Acculturation
the process by which people within one culture adopt some of the traits of another while still retaining their own distant culture
Assimilation
a category of acculturation in which the interaction of two cultures results in one culture adopting almost all of the customs, traditions, language, and other cultural traits of the other
Centrifugal force
a force that divides a group of people
Centripetal
a force that unites a group of people
Collectivist culture
a culture in which people are expected to conform to COLLECTIVE responsibility within the family and to be obedient to and respectful of elder family members
Contagious diffusion
the process by which an idea or cultural trait SPREADS rapidly among people of all social classes and levels
Creolization
the blending of two or more languages that may not include the features of either original language
Cultural Appropriation
the act of adopting elements of another culture
Cultural convergence
the process by which cultures become more similar through interaction
Cultural divergence
the process by which cultures become less similar due to conflicting beliefs or other barriers
Cultural hearth
an area where cultural traits develop and from which cultural traits diffuse
Cultural landscape
a natural landscape that has been modified by humans, reflecting their cultural beliefs and values
Cultural norm
a shared standard or pattern that guides the behavior of a group of people
Cultural relativism
the evaluation of a culture by its own standards
Cultural traits
a shared object or cultural practice
Culture
the beliefs, values, practices, behaviors, and technologies shared by a society and passed down from generation to generation
Denomination
a separate church organization that unites a number of local congregations
Dialect
a variation of a standard language specific to a general area, with differences in pronunciation, degree of rapidity in speech, word choice, and spelling
Diffusion
the process by which a cultural trait spreads from one space to another over time
Ethnic religion
a religion that is closely tied with a particular ethnic group often living in a particular place
Ethnic neighborhood
a cultural landscape within a community of people outside of their area of origin
ethnicity
the state belonging to a group of people who share common cultural characteristics
ethnocentrism
the tendency of ethnic groups to evaluate other groups according to pre-conceived ideas originating from their own culture
Expansion diffusion
the spread of cultural trait outward from where it originated
Gender Identification
an individuals innermost concept of self as male, female, a blend of both, or neither
Gendered space
a space designed and deliberately incorporated into the landscape to accommodate gender roles
