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Culture Ch2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Beliefs, values, norms, behaviors | Culture |
| Differs from country to country | Culture |
| Objects that distinguish a group of people | Material culture |
| Ways of thinking that distinguish a group of people | Non material culture |
| Examples of America culture: Food (hot dogs, hamburgers), sports (Football), cars, Fourth of July | Non material culture |
| Coming into contact with a different culture | Culture shock |
| Judge others by own standards, Good-in group loyalties, Bad-discrimination | Enthnocentrism |
| To understand a culture on its own terms, Not to be judgmental, challenging for most | Cultural Realativism |
| Components of Symbolic CUlture | Gestures, Language, Values, Norms, Sanctions, Folkways, Mores, Taboo |
| Communicate without using words, differ from place to place, can cause misunderstanding and embarrassment | Gestures |
| Allows us to communicate, each word has meaning, pass information onto future generations, _____ is key, The basis for culture | Language |
| What is good and bad, guide our choices | Values |
| Expectations of behavior | Norms |
| Relations to following or breaking norms | Sanctions |
| Norms not strictly enforced | Folkway |
| Norms that are strictly enforced | Mores |
| Usually universal, Being revulsion | Taboo |
| Examples: Incest, murder, rape | Taboo |