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SOCY-121 Chapter 3
Culture
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Culture | the sum of the social categories and concepts we embrace in addition to beliefs, behaviors (excepts instinctual ones), and practices; everything but the natural environment around us |
| Ethnocentrism | the belief that one's own culture or group is superior to others, and the tendency to view all other cultures from the perspective of one's own |
| Nonmaterial Culture | values, beliefs, behaviors, and social norms |
| Material Culture | everything that is a part of our constructed, physical environment, including technology |
| Cultural Lag | the time gap between the appearance of a new technology and the words and practices that give it meaning |
| Culture Shock | doubt, confusion, or anxiety arising from immersion in an unfamiliar culture |
| Code Switch | to flip fluidly between two or more languages and set of cultural norms to fit different cultural contexts |
| Ideology | a system of concepts and relationships; an understanding of cause and effect |
| Cultural Relativism | taking into account the differences across cultures without passing judgment or assigning value |
| Cultural Scripts | modes of behavior and understanding that are not universal or natural |
| Subculture | the distinct cultural values and behavioral patterns of a particular group in society; a group united by sets of concepts, values, symbols, and shared meaning specific to the members of that group distinctive enough to distinguish it from others within th |
| Values | moral beliefs |
| Norms | how values tell us to behave |
| Socialization | the process by which individuals internalize the values, beliefs, and norms of a given society and learn to function as members of that society |
| Reflection Theory | the idea that culture is a projection of social structures and relationships into the public sphere, a screen onto which the film of the underlying reality or social structures of a society is projected |
| Media | any formats, platforms, or vehicles that carry, present or communicate information |
| Hegemony | a condition by which a dominant group uses its power to elicit the voluntary consent of the masses |
| Consumerism | the steady acquisition of material possessions, often with the belief that happiness and fulfillment can thus be achieved. |
| Culture Jamming | the act of turning media against themselves |
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