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1
Q

The beliefs and behaviours

that a social group shares.

A

culture

2
Q

consists of the
ideas, attitudes, and
beliefs of a society

A

Nonmaterial culture

3
Q

It refers to any
information received
and perceived to be
true

A

Knowledge

4
Q
refers to the objects or
belongings of a group of
people. Metro passes and
bus tokens are part of
material culture, as are
automobiles, stores, and the
physical structures where
people worship.
A

Material culture

5
Q
The perception of accepted
reality. Reality refers to
the existence of things
whether material or
nonmaterial
A

BELIEFS

6
Q
These are established
expectations of society
as to how a person is
supposed to act
depending on the
requirements of the
time, place, or situation
A

Social Norms

7
Q
The patterns of
repetitive
behavior which
becomes habitual
and conventional
part of living
A

Folkways

8
Q
The set of ethical
standards and moral
obligations as dictates
of reason that
distinguishes human
acts as right or wrong
or good from bad.
A

Mores

9
Q
Anything
held to be
relatively
worthy,
important,
desirable, or
valuable
A

Values

10
Q
The practical
application of
knowledge in
converting
raw materials
into finished
products
A

Technology

11
Q

Patterns or traits that are globally common to all societies

A

Cultural universals

12
Q

Refers to the differences in social
behaviors that different culture
exhibit around the world.

A

Cultural Variation

13
Q
It is
a perception that arises
from the fact that cultures,
differ and each culture
defines reality differently.
Judging another culture solely
by the values and standards
of one’s own culture.
A

Ethnocentrism

14
Q

not judging a culture

A

cultural relativism

15
Q
refers to preference for the
foreign. In this sense it the
opposite of ethnocentrism. It is
characterized by a strong belief
that one’s own products, styles, or
ideas are inferior to those which
originate elsewhere
A

XENOCENTRISM

16
Q

is the fear of what is perceived as

foreign or strange

A

Xenophobia

17
Q

is complex whole which encompasses, beliefs,
practices, values, attitudes, laws, norms, artifacts, symbol
knowledge and every that a person learns and shares as a
member of society

A

Culture

18
Q

is a term used by anthropologusts to refer to a

group of people who share a culture or belief.

A

Society

19
Q

first used by Frenchman
Auguste Comte in the 1830s when he proposed a
synthetic science uniting all knowledge about human
activity

A

Sociology

20
Q

The activity though which people make, preserve, and
amend the general rule under which they live. (Andrew
Heywood, 2007)

A

Politics

21
Q

Derived from the Latin word “socius” (friend/companion)

and the Greek word “logos” (study)

A

Sociology

22
Q

SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF THE ORIGIN, THE BEHAVIOR,
AND THE PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, CULTURAL
DEVELOPMENT OF HUMANS

A

Anthropology

23
Q

-or Biological Anthropology
-studies the biological evolution of
man
-studies human as biological
organism including their evolution
and contemporary variation

A

Physical

Anthropology

24
Q

investigates and seeks to understand
the cultural features of societies.
-study art, religion, migration, marriage,
and family

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Cultural anthropology