Details Title: Chapter 3 Description: SOC100 Total Flash Cards: 18 Created: 09/29/2009 19:47:17		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Sociology Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term argot Definition specialized language used by members of a group or subculture Term counterculture Definition a subculture that deliberately opposes certain aspects of the larger culture Term cultural relativism Definition the viewing of peoples behavior from the perspective of their own culture Term cultural universal Definition a common practive or belief found in every culture Term culture Definition the totality of learned socially transmitted customs knowledge marerial objects and behavior Term culture lag Definition a period of maladjustment when the non material culture is still struggling to adapt to new material conditions Term culture war Definition the polarization of society over controversial cultural issues Term culture shock Definition the ffeeling of surprise and disorientation that people experience when they encounter cultural practices that are different from their own Term diffusion Definition the process by which a cultural item is spread from group to group or society to society Term dominany ideology Definition a set of cultural beliefs and practices that help to maintain powerful social, economic, and political interests Term ethnocentrism Definition the tendency to assume that one's own culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others Term folkway Definition a norm governing everyday social behavior whose violations raises comparatively little concern Term formal norm Definition a norm that has been written down and that specifies strict punishments for violators Term globalization Definition thethe worldwide integration of government policies cultures social movements and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas Term informal norm Definition a norm that generally understood but not precisely recorded Term material culture Definition the physical or technological aspects of our daily lives Term material culture Definition the physical or technological aspects of our daily lives Term mores Definition norms deemed highly necessary to the welfare of a society