World Culture Flashcards

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What is Individualism

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individualism is the prioritization or emphasis of the individual over the entire group.

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What is collectivism

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Collectivistic cultures emphasize the needs and goals of the group as a whole over the needs and wishes of each individual.

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What is universalism

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In Universalism what is wrong is wrong and what is right is right, there is no budging on this fact.

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what is Particularism

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In particularism what is right and what is wrong may fluctuate depending on the circumstances around those actions.

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Monochronic time

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In Monochronic, time dictates your schedule, your schedule is set up around time

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What is Internal Locus of control

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An internal Locus of control is the belief that you are in control of your life and you have to take responsibility for it

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what is an external Locus of control

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External Locus of control is the belief that the events in your life are caused by circumstances and actions out of your control.

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What are the 4 fundementals of culture

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Polychronic vs Monochronic
Indivialism vs collectavism
univeralism vs particuralism
inner and outer Locus of controls

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what are the 3 levels on the iceberg model

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Surface culture
Unspoken rules
Unconscious rules

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What is surface culture

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VISUAL elements of culture that are easily identifiable, easily shared, and easily accessed. such as music or clothes

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what are Unspoken rules

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he things that don’t get talked about, and often times aren’t even realized. I.e Notions of Modesty or Concept of Beauty

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what are Unconscious Rules

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characteristics rooted so deeply in a culture its often hard for members of that culture to articulate or notice it. i.e sense of time or concepts of right and wrong

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what is physical Anthropology

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the study of human biology

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Palaeoanthropology

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study of the ancestors of humans

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what is Cultural Anthropology

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The study of contemporary cultures and those of the recent past

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Ethnocentrism

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Judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one’s own culture.

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Cultural Relativism

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Culture must be understood in terms of the values and beliefs of that culture

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Extreme Cultural Relativism

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Whatever goes on in a culture must not be questioned or changed because no one has the right to question ANY behaviour or idea

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theory of cultural materialism

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all cultural practices and beliefs can be understood by looking at how they get their food