identifying cultres Flashcards
(10 cards)
Sociology
The study of societies.
society?
people who share a culture.
what is culture. give examples
learned behavior our way of life. how we dress foods religion values housing
material culture examples
any belongings
phone computers food house care clothes
nonmaterial culture and examples
refers to values, learned behavior like covering your mouth when you sneeze. norms of society. what is good and bad?
cultural diffusion culture (learned behavior)? examples
cultural exchange/sharing. group * diffuses with their their culture with group B and vis versa.
*going to one country to another and rubbing off on each-other. expressions, certain foods.
tabula rasa and examples
born with a blank slate. learned experiences make us who we are.
certain mannerism
abused kids grow up doing bad things based on how they were grew up.
ethnocentrism and examples
people think your culture is the best one. example white man thinking they are better than the Indians. wanting them to change their religion, they way they dress, hair.
thinking other cultures are barbaric, because they arent like you.
KKK.
culture shock? examples
cultures are so different that it is just shocking.
foods they eat.
entertainment
cultural relativism
appreciation that all cultures wont be the same.
have different religions, dress different, different language. ect ect