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The ways of thinking, the ways of acting, and the material objects that together form people's way of life
Culture
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The ideas created by members of a society
Nonmaterial Culture
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The physical things created by members of a society
Material Culture
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People who interact to a defined territory and share a culture
Society
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Personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life
Culture Shock
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Anything that carries a particular meaning recognized by people who share a culture
Symbol
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A system of symbols that allows people to communicate with one another
Language
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The process by which one generation passes culture to the next
Cultural Transmission
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The idea that people see and understand the world through the cultural lens of language
Sapir-Whorf Thesis
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Culturally defined standards that people use to decide what is desirable, good, and beautiful and that serve as a broad guidelines for social living
Values
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Specific ideas that people hold to be true
Beliefs
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Rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members
Norms
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Norms that are widely observed and have great moral significance
Mores
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Norms for routine or casual interaction
Folkways
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Attempts by society to regulate people's thought and behavior
Social Control
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knowledge that people use to make a way of life in their surroundings
Technology
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The use of simple tools to hunt animals and gather vegetation for food
Hunting and Gathering
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The use of hand tools to raise crops
Horticulture
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The domestication of animals
Pastorialism
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Large-scale cultivation using plows harnessed to animals or more powerful energy sources
Agriculture
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The production of goods using advanced sources of energy to drive large machinery
Industry
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The production of information using computer technology
Postindustrialism
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Cultural patterns that distinguish a society's elite
High culture
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Cultural patterns that are widespread among a society's population
Subculture
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Cultural patterns that strongly oppose those widely accepted within a society
Counterculture
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A perspective recognizing the cultural diversity of the United States and promoting equal standing for all cultural traditions
Multiculturalism
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The dominance of European cultural patterns
Eurocentrism
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Emphasizing and promoting African Cultural Patterns
Afrocentrism
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The close relationships among various elements of a cultural systems
Cultural Intergration
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The fact that some cultural elements change more quickly than others, disrupting a cultural system
Cultural Lag
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The practice of judging another culture by the sandards of one's own culture
Ethnocentrism
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The practice of judging a culture by its own standards
Cultural Relativism
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Traits that are part of every known culture
Cultural univerals
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The personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being female or male
Gender
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A theoretical approach that explores ways in which human biology affects how we create culture
Sociobiology
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Ancient Greek Civilization
Culture
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French, Spanish, English...
Language
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Heirlooms, folktales, religion
Cultural transmission
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Honesty, Responsibility, Loyalty
values
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Pro-Life, Marriage before sex
Beliefs
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Adultery, Murder, Rape
mores
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difference between right and wrong
Mores
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hygiene, eating with proper utensils, eye contact, shaking someones hand
Folkways
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Drink+Drive=Get arrested
Social Control
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5 star restaurants, ballet, opera, private jet
high culture
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style fads, fast food, sports, music
"pop" culture
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preps, jocks, nerds, goths
Subculture
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hippies, amish, terrorists
Counterculture
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immigration (melting pot)
Multiculturalism
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Speaking English
Eurocentrism
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African American history month
Afrocentrism
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Women today are more likely to work and go to school, but will change marrying age
Cultural integration
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holds that people perceive the world through the cultural lens of language
sapir-whorf thesis
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