What Is Culture, How Does Culture Work

Question 1

Functional perspective of culture

Answer 1

Morals that guide our behaviors

Question 2

Conflict perspective of culture

Answer 2

Culture of ideas that brainwash/dominate us

Question 3

Symbolic interaction perspective of culture

Answer 3

Tools we use for specific purposes

Question 4

Reflection Theory

Answer 4

Idea that culture reflects realities and ideologies in society.

Question 5

Values

Answer 5

Shared system of abstract ideas that guide society

Question 6

Norms

Answer 6

Informal rules that govern specific behavior

Question 7

Cultural lag

Answer 7

When non-material culture lags behind material culture

Question 8

Ideology

Answer 8

Ideas that serve group interests

Question 9

Hegemony

Answer 9

Condition where the subordinate group buys into beliefs of a dominant group

Question 10

Ethnocentrism

Answer 10

Cultural bias/dominance

Question 11

Cultural capital

Answer 11

Social status, knowledge, lifestyle, skills, tastes

Question 12

Code switching

Answer 12

Shifting behavior to fit in better within a certain context

Question 13

Subculture

Answer 13

Cultural group within a larger culture