UCSP_Module02_The Basics (2)

Refers to traits, behaviors, practices and values that are shared by all cultures.

• Cultural Diversity

• Ethnocentrism

• Popular Culture

• Cultural Universals

Refers to any group whose values and beliefs challenge, run counter to, or even reject the larger culture

• Subculture

• Counterculture

• Multiculturalism

• Ethnocentrism

Where one suspends one’s cultural views and biases by seeing another culture according to the standards of that culture.

• Ethnocentrism

• Counterculture

• Cultural Relativism

• Popular Culture

The attitude of judging another culture based on the standards of one’s culture.

• Multiculturalism

• Counterculture

• Subculture

• Ethnocentrism

Refers to variations in the cultural patterns and elements between within societies.

• Cultural Diversity

• Popular Culture

• Subculture

• High Culture

Refers to the patterns that differentiate a society’s elite from the rest.

• Counterculture

• Subculture

• High Culture

• Popular Culture

Has its own sets of standards and expectations that give it a sense of belongingness to the group (a “we” feeling) as opposed to non-members (“they”).

• Subculture

• Counterculture

• Ethnocentrism

• Cultural Diversity

Refers to the patterns that have a wide presence and acceptance in any given culture.

• Cultural Diversity

• High Culture

• Popular Culture

• Subculture

Societies that also produces food crops like those of horticultural societies but in a more efficient and intensive manner using sophisticated knowledge and technology resulting in surpluses.

• Horticultural Societies

• Industrial Societies

• Agricultural Societies

• Post-Industrial Societies

Are those that are engaged largely in herding cows, goats and sheep mainly for subsistence and for transportation; hence, they are also called herders.

• Agricultural Societies

• Hunting or Gathering Societies

• Industrial Societies

• Pastoral Societies