Culture Flashcards
(22 cards)
non material culture
the ideas created by members of a society
MATERIAL CULTURE
the physical things created by members of a society
cultural transmission
the process by which one generation passes culture onto the next
sapir-whorf hypothesis
people percieve the world through the cultural lens of language
norms
rules and expectations by which a society guides the behaviour of its members
mores
norms that are widely observed and have great moral significance
folk ways
norms for routine or casual interaction
social control
attempts by others to regulate peoples thoughts and behaviors
ideal culture
social patterns mandated by cultural values and norms
real culture
actual social patterns that only approximate cultural expectations
high culture
cultural patterns that distinguish a societies elite
popular culture
cultural patterns that are widespread throughout society
sub culture
cultural patterns that set apart some segment of a societies population
multiculturalism
social policy designated to encourage ethnic or cultural heterogeneity
euro centurism
the dominance of european cultural patterns
counter culture
cultural patterns that strongly appose those widely accepted within a society
cultural integration
the close relationship among various elements of a cultural system
cultural lag
cultural elements changing at different rates casing various degrees of disruption in cultural systems
ethnocentrism
the practice of judging another culture by the standards of ones own
cultural relativism
the practice of judging a culture by its own standards
cultural universals
traits that are part of every known culture
sociobiology
a theoretical approach that explores the ways in which human biology effects how we create culture
