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Sociology2vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Culture | Shared products of human groups that include physical objects and the beliefs, values and behavior shared by the group |
| 4 components of Culture | Technology,Symbols,Language,Values,Norms |
| Technology | knowledge and tools people use for practical purposes |
| Symbols | something with a shared meaning to it |
| Language | organization of written or spoken symbols |
| Values | shared beliefs about what is good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable |
| Norms | rules of conduct that tell people how to act |
| The 2 different types of Norms | Folways and Mores |
| Culture Traits | individual tool,act,or belief related to a particular need or situation |
| Culture Complexes | cluster of interrelated traits |
| Culture Patterns | combination of culture complexes into an interrelated whole |
| The Aparesh | contented, gentle, nonagressive, receptive, trusting, and warm people |
| The Mundugumor | agressive, competitive, jealous, and violent |
| The Aparesh | children grow up in a very loving and friendly environment; babies are always tended to when they cry |
| The Mundugumor | children were hung in baskets, and told not to cling to parents; when babies cried they weren't tended to |
| Ethnocentrism | to view one's own culture and group as superior |
| Cultural Relativism | the belief that cultures should be judged by their own standards rather than by applying the standards of another culture |
| Subculture | the broad cultural features some groups in society share values, norms, and behaviors that are not shared by the entire population |
| Counterculture | when a group rejects the major values, norms, and practices of the larger society and replaces them with a new set of cultural patterns |