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sociology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cultural universals | patterns or traits that are globally common to all societies |
| ethnocentrism | the evaluation and judgement of another culture based on one's own cultural norms |
| values | a culture's standard for discerning what is good and just in society |
| beliefs | tenets or convictions that people hold to be true |
| social control | a way to encourage conformity to cultural norms |
| norms | the visible and invisible rules of conduct through which societies are structured |
| mores | the moral views and principles of a group |
| folkways | direct, appropriate behavior in the day-to-day practices and expressions of a culture |
| popular culture | mainstream, widespread patterns among a society's population |
| subculture | groups that share a specific identification, apart from a society's majority, even as the members exist within a larger society |
| counterculture | groups that reject and oppose society's widely accepted cultural patterns |
| culture lag | the gap of time between the introduction of material culture and non-material culture's acceptance of it |
| globalization | the integration of international trade and finance markets |
| culture | shared beliefs, values, and practices |