Unit 3: Intro to Culture

Question 1

What is material culture?

Answer 1

objects that people and/or society give value to

Question 2

What is non-material culture?

Answer 2

ideas and/or beliefs an individual or society has

Question 3

Modern/Popular culture

Answer 3

-usually in developed spaces
-diffuses by hierarchical diffusion
-often diverse (heterogeneous)
-changes over time

Question 4

Folk culture

Answer 4

-diffuses through relocation diffusion
-more homogeneous

Question 5

Indigenous culture

Answer 5

-remain at a geographic location
-still practice their beliefs today
-distinct social and cultural groups
-share a collective ancestral tie to the land where the occupy

Question 6

What is ethnocentrism?

Answer 6

-analyzing or judging a culture by the standards of one’s own culture
-can lead to negative stereotypes and understandings of another culture

Question 7

What is cultural relativism?

Answer 7

-analyzing or judging a culture by its own standards
-does not judge the culture based on their OWN cultural standards
-allows for a better understanding of the culture (positive stuff)

Question 8

What is subculture?

Answer 8

-a smaller culture group within a larger group
-still keeps some fundamental principles though