Chapter 3 Flashcards
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tenets or convictions that people hold to be true
beliefs
groups that reject and oppose society’s widely accepted cultural patterns
countercultures
the deliberate imposition of one’s own cultural values on another culture
cultural imperialism
the practice of assessing a culture by its own standards, and not in comparison to another culture
cultural relativism
patterns or traits that are globally common to all societies
cultural universals
shared beliefs, values, and practices
culture
the gap of time between the introduction of material culture and nonmaterial culture’s acceptance of it
culture lag
an experience of personal disorientation when confronted with an unfamiliar way of life
culture shock
the spread of material and nonmaterial culture from one culture to another
diffusion
things and ideas found from what already exists
discoveries
the practice of evaluating another culture according to the standards of one’s own culture
ethnocentrism
direct, appropriate behavior in the day-to-day practices and expressions of a culture
folkways
established, written rules
formal norms
the integration of international trade and finance markets
globalization
the cultural patterns of a society’s elite
high culture
the standards a society would like to embrace and live up to
ideal culture
casual behaviors that are generally and widely conformed to
informal norms
new objects or ideas introduced to culture for the first time
innovations
a combination of pieces of existing reality into new forms
inventions
a symbolic system of communication
language
the objects or belongings of a group of people
material culture
the moral views and principles of a group
mores
the ideas, attitudes, and beliefs of a society
nonmaterial culture
the visible and invisible rules of conduct through which societies are structured
norms
