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SOCIOLOGY CHAPTER 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| subculture | group that shares values, norms, and behaviors that are not shared by the entire population |
| norms | shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations |
| sanctions | rewards and punishments to encourage people to follow norms |
| folkway | norm that describes socially acceptable behavior but does not have great moral significance |
| cultural diffusion | process of spreading cultural traits from one society to another |
| ethnocentrism | tendency to view ones own culture as superior |
| society | group of interdependent people organized to share a common culture and feeling of unity |
| more | norm that has moral significance |
| laws | written rules of conduct that are enacted and enforced by government |
| cultural leveling | process by which culture becomes more and more alike |
| cultural lag | an aspect of culture that changes less rapidly than other aspects of the same culture |
| value | shared belief about what is good or bad, right or wrong, etc |
| language | organization of written or spoken symbols into a standardized system |
| cultural universal | feature common to all cultures that is developed to ensure the fulfillment of some needs of society |
| cultural relativism | belief that cultures should be judged by their own standards |
| counterculture | a group that rejects the major values, norms, and practices of the larger society |
| cultural transmission | the process by which one generation passes culture to the next |
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