Culture Vocab Quiz

Generalizations about a group

• Values

• Stereotypes

• Beliefs

Range of permissible behaviors established by the group

• Norms

• Beliefs

• Values

State of surprise and distress experienced by a person who is suddenly exposed to a new, strange, or foreign social or cultural environment

• Culture Shock

• Ethnocentrism

• Cultural Lag

Term: Values

• Spanish-speaking nations of north and South America. Also Spain

• The moral principles and beliefs or accepted standards of a person or social group

• Preferring one culture or group over another

Term: Culture

• A Shared view of reality by a group: something believed

• Includes a group's: Language, Religion, Food, Social habits, Music & Arts

• The moral principles and beliefs or accepted standards of a person or social group

Term: Eastern Culture

• Continent of Africa - Large number of ethnic groups

• Refers to Far East Asia and Indian Subcontinent

• Spanish-speaking nations of north and South America. Also Spain

Values, Beliefs, Behaviors, Norms

• Parts of Culture

• African Culture

• Western Culture

Cultural Relativism

• The practice of viewing one's own culture as superior

• Taking the time to understand culture without prejudging

• The practice of viewing one's own culture as superior

Generally refers to European and American Culture

• Western Culture

• Eastern Culture

• African Culture

Culture Comes From...

• Spanish-speaking nations of north and South America. Also Spain

• Their needs

• When and where people live

• Generally refers to European and American Culture

• What resources they have