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| The systematic study of human society |
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| Specific ideas that people hold to be true |
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| Rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of it's members |
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| The practice of judging a culture by it's own standards |
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| The ways of thinking, the ways of acting, and the material objects that together form a people's way of life |
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| Norms that are widely observed and have great moral significance |
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| A system of symbols that allows people to communicate with one another |
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| Norms for routine or casual interaction |
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| People who interact in a defined territory and share a culture |
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| Cultural patterns that strongly oppose those widely accepted within a society |
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| The practice of judging another culture by the standards of one's own culture |
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| A social group whose members have interests, social position, and age in common |
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| Personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life |
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| The recognized and intended consequences of any social pattern |
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| The unrecognized and unintended consequences of any social pattern |
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| Cultural patterns that set apart some segment of a society's population |
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| A social position a person takes on voluntaryily that reflects personal ability and effort |
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| A social position a person recieves at birth or takes on involuntarily later in life |
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| An organizational model rationally designed to perform tasks efficiently |
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| A social group with two members |
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