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Chapter 3 Culture

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Definition
society   a group of people who inhabit a specific territory and share a common culture  
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instincts   innate (something you didn't learn - you just naturally know) patterns of behavior  
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culture   knowledge, values, customs, and physical objects that are shared by the members of a society  
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reflex   automatic reaction to physical stimuli  
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drive   impulse to reduce discomfort  
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sociobiology   the study of how biology influences human behavior  
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evolution   a process of change from one point of development to another  
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hypothesis of linguistic relativity   theory stating that our idea of reality depends largely upon language  
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exposure   the state of being made known;  
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adjacent   located next to or nearby  
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norm   rules defining appropriate and inappropriate behavior  
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violation   the action of violating someone or something  
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folkways   norms that lack moral significance  
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taboo   a rule of behavior, the violation of which calls for strong punishment  
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law   a norm that is formally defined and enforced by officials  
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sanctions   rewards and punishments that can be applied by most members of a group  
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formal sanctions   sanctions imposed by persons given special authority  
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informal sanctions   rewards or punishments that can be applied by most members of a group  
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values   broad ideas about what is good or desirable  
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nonmaterial culture   ideas, knowledge, and beliefs that influence people's behavior  
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material culture   the concrete, tangible objects of a culture  
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beliefs   ideas about the nature of reality  
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contrast   dissimilar attributes among things with common natures  
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encounter   to come across or meet  
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ideal culture   cultural guidelines that group members claim to accept  
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real culture   actual behavior patterns of members of a group  
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social categories   groupings who share a social characteristic  
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subculture   a group that is part of the dominate culture but that differs from it in some important respects  
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counterculture   a subculture deliberately and consciously opposed to certain central beliefs or the dominate culture  
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ethnocentrism   judging others in terms of one's own cultural standards  
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cultural universals   general cultural traits that exist in all cultures  
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cultural pariculars   the ways in which a culture expresses universal traits  
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