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Chapter 3
Culture
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Psychology
12th Grade
11/06/2008

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Term
Culture
Definition
A way of life, of a people, passed onto the young
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Abstract Entities
Definition
Ideas influencing people
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Tangible
Definition
Human made abstracts reflecting ideas
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Material culture
Definition
Consists of tangible objects (physical objects)
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Non-material Culture
Definition
Knowledge and beliefs (symbolic)
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Cognitive component
Definition
knowledge and beliefs
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knowledge
Definition
collection of objects, ideas, facts about physical world
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Beliefs
Definition
More subjective ideas, unreliable (i.e. god)
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Normative componant
Definition
value and norms
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value
Definition
socially shared ideas about what is good
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norm
Definition
social rules (how people should act)
(pushing to the head of the line from fairness value)
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Folkways
Definition
"weak" norm specify expectations about proper behavior, cab be violated without consequence
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Mores
Definition
"strong" norm that specified normal behavior and constitute demands (beating up a guest at a wedding)
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Laws
Definition
norms that are specified formally in writing and backed by government
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Sanctions
Definition
Rewards for conforming to norms and punishments for violating norms
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5 Basic Values in US
Definition
1. success 2. hard work 3. efficiency 4. material 5. comfort
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Cultural Intergration
Definition
Many are related (i.e. success hard work eficency) joining various values into a coherent whole
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Institutionalized deviance
Definition
norm violation that occurs so often it is socially accepted (speeding)
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Normative Culture
Definition
norms and values
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Culture Change
Definition
technology, innovation, diffusion
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reify
Definition
when culture values demonstrated through ceremony (graduation, wedding)
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instincts
Definition
biologically inharited traits
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Internalize
Definition
take in value and norm and do without thinking (stopping at a stop light, raising hand in class)
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Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
Definition
language makes us see the world in a certain way
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popular culture
Definition
unsophisticated artistic creations that appeal to mass audiences
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us democracy
Definition
1st amendment free speach
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capitalism
Definition
interest in profit
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patriorchial influences
Definition
feminest perspective, prefers movies that put women in their palce
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global influences
Definition
us pop culture influences world
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cultural realitivism
Definition
culture must be understood on its own terms
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cultured universals
Definition
practices found in all cultures to meet needs in all humans
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symbolic culture
Definition
signs and languages
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symbol
Definition
enable us to communicate share and trasmit to the next generation
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real culture
Definition
values and norms by themseleves consisting of ideas in our head - what we believe to be good and what we should do
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ideal culture
Definition
institutionalized deviance reflects failure of ideal cuture and makes real culture
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socialbiology
Definition
human behavior is genetically determined
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cultural relevitism
Definition
evaluating other cultures on their own terms instead of passing judgement on them
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ethnocentrism
Definition
when you decide that your culture is superior to another
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multiculturalism
Definition
all cultures equal to each other in society
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cultural lag
Definition
when cultures values and belifs dont catch up with technology
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melting pot
Definition
all subcultures join together to form one single culture
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