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vocab 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abhorrent | offensive, hateful |
| adaptive | to adjust to change or the enviroment |
| anthropologist | studies human culture |
| baffled | confused, puzzle |
| chronic | ongoing, continous |
| clique | small exclusive group |
| conform | to act similiar to others |
| consensus | agreement |
| crucial | very important, essential |
| depraved | morally corrupt |
| derive | to come from a source, originate |
| eroding | wear away slowly |
| folkways | the oridinary rules of everyday life |
| gait | how you walk |
| heterogeneous | made of many different things |
| inferred | to draw a conclusion from evidence |
| insistent | persistertly question/ demand |
| instantaneous | instantly, right now |
| legacy | s.t. handed down from generation to generation |
| loathsome | abhorrent, hateful |
| mores | much more powerfulnorms,are treated more seriously |
| norms | the rules that guide behavior in everyday situation |
| pitfall | a hidden danger |
| poignant | moving, emotionally affecting away |
| post-partum | after birth |
| run counter to | to go agaisnt |
| sanctions | punishment(mild or severe) |
| smirk | self-salisfied, or offensive smile |
| socialization | education of the individual into a societys norm & values |
| taboo | powerful prohibition agaisnt act that societys norms 7values |
| universal | everywhere, all around |
| values | socially shared ideas about what is good,right, and desirable |
| wean | slowly stop |