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Leach Sociology Terms Chapter 2

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culture   shared products of human groups  
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material culture   physical objects created by human groups  
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nonmaterial culture   abstract human creations  
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society   group of mutually interdependent people who have organized in such a way as to share a common culture and have a feeling of unity  
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technology   knowledge and tools people use for practical purposes  
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language   organization of written and spoken symbols into a standardized system  
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values   shared beliefs about what is good or bad, right or wrong, desireable or undesireable  
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norms   shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations  
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folkways   norms, that do not have great moral significance  
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mores   norms that have great moral significance attached to them  
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laws   written rules of conduct that are enacted and enforced by the government  
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culture trait   individual tool, act or belief that is related to a particular situation or need.  
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culture complexes   clusters, of interrelated culture traits  
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culture patterns   combination of a number of culture complexes into an interrelated whole  
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cultural universals   common features that are found in all human cultures  
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ethnocentrism   tedency to view one's own culture and group as superior to all other cultures and groups  
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cultural relativism   belief that cultures should be judged by their own standards  
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subculture   group with its own unique values, norms and behaviors that exists within a larger culture  
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counterculture   group that rejects the values, norms and practices of the larger society and replaces them with a new set of cultural patterns  
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