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what are the three categories of cultural traits?
- material possesions
- norms
- values
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What is an example of a material possesion? A norm? A value?
- camera
- shaking hands
- religion
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Define and give an example for status positions.
- What you are in relation to those around you.
- doctor in relation to nurses, patients
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Define and give an example for status symbols.
- Material possesions attached to a position.
- Chalk for a teacher
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Define and give an example for roles.
- Norms associated with status positions
- listening to a patient for a doctor status
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Define and give an example for status set.
- Number of status positions a person occupies.
- father, techer, son, friend
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Define role confict.
behavior expectations of one role come into conflict with other roles
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Define and give an example for ascribed status (2).
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Define and give an example for achieved status (3).
- acquired
- professor, spouse, mother
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What are the three Ps which sort status occupants into upper and lower layers?
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Define power.
Ability to impose will on others
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Define privilages.
Access to the good things in life.
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Define prestige.
respect given to a status occupant by others
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What are the four interaction distances called?
- Intimate
- Personal
- Social
- Public
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What is the intimate distance? What is done at such a distance (3)?
- 6-18 inches
- wrestling, embracing, conversations in low tones
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What is the personal distance? What is done at such a distance (1)?
- 18 inches- 4 feet
- ordinary personal conversation
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What is the social distance? What is done at such a distance (2)?
- 4-7 feet
- coworkers converse in office setting
- people speak in an party setting
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What is the public distance? What is done at such a distance (1)?
- 7-12 feet
- formal address to an audience
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Edward T Hall said you can learn a lot about a culture through how they interpret __________ and ___________.
time and space
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Define socialization.
learning the norms and values of a culture.
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What are the four forces involved in how to fit in (socialization)?
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What is cultural relativity?
Judge a person by the values of their own culture.
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Define and give an example of universals (3).
- behavioral patterns found in all known cultures
- marriage, dancing, body adornment
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Define symbol.
Anything that meaningfully represents something other than what it is to a particular culture.
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What are the five types of symbols and give an example for each.
- objects- 4 leaf clover- good luck
- colors-green-envy
- designs- <3- love
- sounds- applause- good job
- gestures- pointer finger and fore-finger- peace
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What is the most widely used symbol?
language
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What is the Spir-Whorf hypothesis? Example?
- language shapes perception of reality
- policeman-fireman-chairman= indicate male dominated society
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What are folkway culture traits?
doesn't endanger stability of society
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What are mores?
endagers stability of society
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What is a sub-culture?
shares traits with predominant culture
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What is a counter culture?
establishes traits apart from predominant culture
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What is cultural change, (how is it related to cultural base)?
The more traits a culture has, (the larger its cultural base) the faster it will change.
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What is cultural integration?
Relationship between values and norms.
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When a culture is tightly integrated...
- norms reflect values
- occurs more often in smaller bases
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When a culture is loosely integrated...
norms contradict values
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What is a cultural base?
Society's material possesions, norms, values
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Define cultural lag.
technology being introduced and used before we have complete understanding of its effect on us.
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What is schadenfreude?
German word which means we delight in others' misery
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Define material possesion or tool.
tangible objects of a culture
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Define norms.
behaviors accepted by society
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What was one tool, norm and value from the Serma Tribe from the film Lip Plates and Fighting Sticks?
- beer container
- drinking in peers
- co-operation
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What was one tool, norm and value of the Canela Tribe?
- red paint
- honor the dead
- tradition
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T or F? The fewer cultural traits there are, the slower a culture will change.
True
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T or F? The most important values of a culture are referred to as the cultural base.
false
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T or F? A complex, loosely integrated culture is likely to be flexible and able to adjust to change
True
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