Chapter 2 Flashcards
(34 cards)
Culture
composed of language, symbols, gestures, beliefs, values and norms that are passed from one generation to another and behaviors
norms
rules and exceptions to guide behaviors
Material
all tangible products of a society, cars, clothing, housings, tv’s
Nonmaterial
all intangible products of a society, laws, ideas, values, beliefs
Cultural shock
personal disorientation, when you put yourself in another culture and you see how differently everything ends up being, don’t take things for granted
Cultural relativism
understand a culture on one’s own orientation and framework of it’s own culture
Ethnocentrism
use of one’s own culture as a yardstick for judging the ways of other individual societies
symbols
anything that has a meaning
gestures
using one’s body to communicate
language
system of symbols that allows us to communicate
value
culturally defined standards
More
are strictly enforced, essential to core values, insist on conforming
Folkway
norms that are not strictly enforced, like not wearing a shirt
Taboos
violations which are horrific- eating a person or killing
Sapir- Whorf
language determines our consciousness and our perceptions of life around us
Sanctions
expressions of approval or disapproval given to people for upholding or violating norms
Gathering
was the simple part of culture types
Hunting, herding, and horticulture
was in the preliterate
Agriculture
was in the historical
industrialism
was in the modern society
post industrial
was in the post modern society (today)
Subculture
values and behaviors of a group distinguish it’s members from larger culture, world within a world
Counterculture
values, beliefs, related behavior place it’s members in opposition to broad culture, always negative
Pluralistic society
made up of many different groups, america
