chapter 3 def Flashcards
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the beliefs, norms, behaviors and products common to the members of a particular group
culture
the physical objects that are created, embraced or consumed by society that help shape peoples lives
material culture
the abstract creations of human cultures, including language and social practices
nonmaterial culture
particular ideas that people accept as true
beliefs
fairly weak norms that are passed down from the past, the violation of which is generally not considered serious within a particular culture
folkways
strongly held norms, the violation of which seriously offends the standard of acceptable conduct of most people within a particular culture
mores
powerful mores, the violation of which is considered serious and even unthinkable within a particular culture
taboos
codified norms or rules or behavior
laws
the general standard in society that define ideals, principles like those governing notions of right and wrong
values
the values, norms and behaviors that people in given society profess to embrace
ideal culture
the value, norm and behaviors that people in a given society actually embrace exhibit
real culture
a contradiction between the goals of ideas culture and the practices of real culture
cultural inconsistency
taken for granted as natural or normal in society
doxic
the perspective of the outside observer
etic perspective
the perspective of the insider, the one belonging to the culture group in question
emic perspective