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| The knowledge, language, values, customs, and material objects that are passed from person to person and from one generation to the next in a human group or society. |
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| Large social grouping that occupies the same geographic territory and is subsject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. |
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| Our biological and genetic makeup |
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| Unlearned, biologically determined behavior pattern common to all members of a species that predictably occurs whenever certain environmental conditions exist. |
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| Unlearned, biologically determined involuntary response to some physical stimuli. |
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| Unlearned, biologically determined impulses common to all members of a species that satisfy needs such as sleep, food, water, and sexual gratification. |
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| A component of culture that consists of the physicacl or tangible creations (such as clothing, shelter, and art) that members of a society make, use, and share. |
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| That knowledge, techniques, and tools that allow people to transform resources into a usable form and the knowledge and skills required to use what is developed. |
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| A component of culture that consists of the abstract or intangible human creations of society (such as attitudes, beliefs, and values) that influence people's behavior. |
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| Customs and practices that occur across all societies. |
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| A set of symbols that expresses ideas and enables people to think and communicate with one another. |
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| Language shapes the view of reality of its speakers. |
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| Collective ideas about what is right or wrong, good or bad, and desirable or undesirable in a particular culture. |
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| Analyst who found the ten values of the US |
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| People are responsible for their own success or failure. |
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| Personal achievement results from a successful competition with others. |
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| People who are industrious are praised for their achievement. |
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| People in the US have a great deal of faith in science and technology. |
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| Progress And Material Comfort |
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| The material comforts of life include not only basic necessities. |
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| Efficiency And Practicality |
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| People want things to be bigger, better, and faster. |
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| Equal chance to have success |
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| Morality And Humanitarianism |
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| Aiding others, especially following natural disasters. |
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| Individual freedom is highly valued. |
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| Racism And Group Superiority |
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| People value their own racial or ethnic group above all others. |
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| Values that conflict with one another or are mutually exclusive. |
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| Refers to the values and standards of behavior that people in a society profess to hold. |
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| Refers to the values and standards of behavior that people actually follow. |
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| Established rules of behavior or standards of conduct. |
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| States what behavior is appropriate or acceptable. |
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| State what behavior is inappropriate or unacceptable. |
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| Written down and involve specific punishments for violators. Such as laws. |
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| Rewards for appropriate behavior or penalties for inappropriate behavior. |
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| praise, honors, or medals for conformity to specific norms. |
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| mild disapproval death penalty. |
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| Unwritten standards of behavior understood by people who share a common identity. |
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| Not clearly defined and can be applied by any member of a group. |
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| Informal norms or everyday customs that may be violated without serious consequences within a particular culture. |
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| Strongly held norms with moral and ethical connotations that may not be violated without serious consequences in a particular culture. |
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| Mores so strong that their violation is considered to be extremely offensive and even unmentionable. |
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| Formal, standardized norms that have been enacted by legislatures and are enforced by formal sanctions. |
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| deals with disputes among persons or groups. |
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| Deals with public safety and well-being |
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| Changes that make a significant change in people's lives |
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| William Ogburn's term for a gap between the technical development of a society and its moral and legal institutions. |
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| The process of learning about something previously unknown or unrecognized |
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| The process of reshaping existing cultural items into a new form. |
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| The transmission of cultural items or social practices from one group or society to another. |
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| A group of people who share a distinctive set of cultural beliefs and behavior that differs in some significant way from that of the larger society. |
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| A group that strongly rejects dominant societal values and norms and seeks alternative lifestyles. |
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| The disorientation that people feel when they encounter cultures radically different from their own and believe they cannot depend on their own taken-for-granted assumptions about life. |
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| the practice of judging all other culture's by one's own culture. |
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| The belief that the behaviors and customs of any culture must be viewed and analyzed by the culture's own standards. |
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| The belief that the behaviors and customs of any culture must be viewed and analyzed by the culture's own standards. |
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| The belief that the behaviors and customs of any culture must be viewed and analyzed by the culture's own standards. |
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| Consists of activities, products, and services that are assumed to appeal to primarily to members of the middle and working classes. |
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| The extensive infusion of one nation's culture into other nations. |
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