Chapter 3: Culture

Question 1

Culture

Answer 1

shared values, beliefs, practices

Question 2

Society

Answer 2

people who live in a definable community and share a culture

Question 3

Cultural Universals

Answer 3

patterns that are globally common (weddings, music)

Question 4

Ethnocentrism

Answer 4

evaluating another culture based on one’s own norms

Question 5

Cultural Relativism

Answer 5

assessing a culture by its own standards rather than your own

Question 6

Xenocentrism

Answer 6

belief another culture is superior to your own

Question 7

Values

Answer 7

ideals a culture holds in high regard

Question 8

Beliefs

Answer 8

tenets people hold to be true

Question 9

Sanction

Answer 9

form of social control to encourage conformity to norms

Question 10

Norms

Answer 10

behaviors that reflect compliance of conduct with society’s “good”

Question 11

Mores

Answer 11

embody the moral views and violating is shameful (homicide is bad)

Question 12

Folkways

Answer 12

without moral underpinnings, traditions (shake hands)

Question 13

Symbols

Answer 13

gestures or objects that have meanings recognized by people who share a culture

Question 14

Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

Answer 14

people understand their world based on their language

Question 15

Culture Lag

Answer 15

time passes between the intro of a new item and nonmatieral culture acceptance of it