The beliefs values and practices of a group

Objects and belongings of a group of people, physical things, places and space

Non-physical ideas, attitudes and beliefs of a group.

Patterns or traits that are globally common to all societies. Ex: family structure, jokes.

Evaluating or judging another culture based on how it compares to ones own cultural norms. (own culture is better than others)

Practice of assessing a culture by its own standards, rather than viewing it through lens of own culture.

Opposite of ethnocentrism, belief another culture is superior to ones own.

Feeling of confusion, anxiety, or stress that people experience when they move to or encounter an unfamiliar culture

Deliberate imposition of ones own culture values on another culture.

what you care about and prioritize

norms without any moral underpinnings, they direct appropriate behavior in the day to day practices and expressions of a culture.

Norms that embody the moral views and principles of a group. violating them can have serious consequences

values, norms, goals and beliefs that society aspires to achieve

actual values, behaviors, and everyday practices that people in society actually exhibit

Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

idea that people experience their world through their language and that they therefore understand their world through the culture embedded in their language

smaller cultural groups existing in a larger one with own styles but still coexist

specialized group whos values and beliefs oppose or reject norms of mainstream society.

non-material culture (values beliefs and norms) take time to catch up with rapid advances in material culture

rules that are understood and widely conformed to

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SOCIOLOGY 2

Question	Answer
Culture	The beliefs values and practices of a group
Material Culture	Objects and belongings of a group of people, physical things, places and space
Non-material culture	Non-physical ideas, attitudes and beliefs of a group.
Cultural universals	Patterns or traits that are globally common to all societies. Ex: family structure, jokes.
Ethnocentrism	Evaluating or judging another culture based on how it compares to ones own cultural norms. (own culture is better than others)
Cultural relativism	Practice of assessing a culture by its own standards, rather than viewing it through lens of own culture.
Xenocentrism	Opposite of ethnocentrism, belief another culture is superior to ones own.
Culture shock	Feeling of confusion, anxiety, or stress that people experience when they move to or encounter an unfamiliar culture
Cultural imperialism	Deliberate imposition of ones own culture values on another culture.
Values	what you care about and prioritize
Beleifs	what you think is real or true
Fromal Norms	Written rules
Folkways	norms without any moral underpinnings, they direct appropriate behavior in the day to day practices and expressions of a culture.
Mores	Norms that embody the moral views and principles of a group. violating them can have serious consequences
Ideal culture	values, norms, goals and beliefs that society aspires to achieve
Real culture	actual values, behaviors, and everyday practices that people in society actually exhibit
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis	idea that people experience their world through their language and that they therefore understand their world through the culture embedded in their language
Subculture	smaller cultural groups existing in a larger one with own styles but still coexist
Counterculture	specialized group whos values and beliefs oppose or reject norms of mainstream society.
Cultural lag	non-material culture (values beliefs and norms) take time to catch up with rapid advances in material culture
Informal norms	rules that are understood and widely conformed to

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