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Introduction to Sociology Chp 2: Culture, De More

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culture   the ways of thinking, acting and the material objects that together, form a people's way of life  
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society   people who interact in a defined territory and share a culture  
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culture shock   personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life  
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symbol   anything that carries a particular meaning recognized by people who share a culture  
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language   a system of symbols that allows people to communicate with one another  
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cultural transmission   the process by which one generation passes culture to the next  
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Sapir-Whorf thesis   the idea that people see and understand the world through the cultural lens of language  
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values   culturally defined standards that people use to decide what is desirable, good, and beautiful and that serve as broad guidelines for social living (equal opportunity, individualism etc)  
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beliefs   specific ideas that people hold to be true  
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norms   rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members  
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mores   norms that are widely observed and have great moral significance (incest)  
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folkways   norms for routine or casual interaction  
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technology   knowledge that people use to make a way of life in their surroundings  
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hunting and gathering   the use of simple tools to hunt animals and gather vegetation for food  
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horticulture   the use of hand tools to raise crops  
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pastoralism   domestication of animals  
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agricultural   large-scale cultivation using plows harnessed to animals or more powerful energy sources  
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industry   the production of good using advanced sources of energy to drive large machinery  
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postindustrialism   the production of information using computer technology  
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high culture   cultural patterns that distinguish a society's elite  
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popular culture   cultural patterns that are widespread among a society's population  
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subculture   cultural patterns that set apart a segment of of society's population  
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multiculturalism   a perspective recognizing the cultural diversity of the United sates and promoting equal standing for all cultural traditions  
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Eurocentrism   the dominance of European (especially English) cultural patterns  
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Afrocentrism   emphasizing and promoting African cultural patterns  
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counterculture   cultural patterns that strongly oppose those widely accepted within a society  
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cultural integration   the close relationships among various elements of a cultural system  
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cultural lag   the fact that some cultural elements change more quickly than others, disrupting a cultural system  
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ethnocentrism   the practice of judging another culture by the standards of one's own culture  
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cultural relativism   the practice of judging a culture by its own standards  
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cultural universals   traits that are part of every known culture (ex: incest taboo)  
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sociobiology   a theoretical approach that explores ways in which human biology affects how we create culture  
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