Unit 2 Culture

Front

To use one's own culture to measure how "normal" others are; seeing other cultures as inferior.

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Ethnocentrism

Front

The use of a fork and knife versus the use of chopsticks is this cultural element.

Back

folkway

Front

These ways of reacting to/controlling other people's behavior can either be positive or negative, and can be either formal or informal.

Back

sanctions

Front

These are a type of norm. They reflect a culture's ideas about right & wrong, good & bad, etc.

Back

mores

Front

Physical objects created by human groups and passed onto the next generation.

Back

material culture

Front

These are the behaviors that reflect the values expected of us by our society. They are what is "normal".

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norms

Front

These are a group's ways of thinking and doing things. They are abstract human creations.

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nonmaterial culture

Front

Which is NOT one of the 14 American values, according to sociologists? freedom, democracy, equality, honesty

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honesty

Front

Subcultures are groups with behaviors that distinguish their members from the larger culture; a world within a world.

Back

True

Front

Broad ideas about what most people in a society consider to be desirable are known as

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values