G12 Quiz 5 Revision - Vocabulary

Combination of physical objects and rules for using them

• Values

• Technology

• Ethnocentrism

• Symbols

Cultural Relativism

• Features common to all cultures

• Groups within a society sharing unique cultural practices

• Process of cultures becoming increasingly alike

• Belief that cultures should be judged by their own standards

Subcultures

• Features common to all cultures

• Groups within a society sharing unique cultural practices

• Process of cultures becoming increasingly alike

• Belief that cultures should be judged by their own standards

Shared products of human groups

• Culture

• Cultural Universals

• Counterculture

• Cultural Relativism

Features common to all cultures

• Culture

• Cultural Universals

• Counterculture

• Cultural Relativism

Social Structure

• Assigned based on qualities beyond a person's control (e.g., age, gender, race

• Network of interrelated statuses and roles guiding human interaction

• Socially determined behaviors expected of a person in a particular role

• Subcultures that consciously challenge societal values

Subculture

• Assigned based on qualities beyond a person's control (e.g., age, gender, race

• Network of interrelated statuses and roles guiding human interaction

• Socially determined behaviors expected of a person in a particular role

• Subcultures that consciously challenge societal values

Group of inter-dependent people sharing a common culture and unity

• Social Structure

• Subculture

• Society

• Roles

Component of social structure that brings statuses to life

• Social Structure

• Subculture

• Society

• Roles

Assigned based on qualities beyond a person's control (e.g., age, gender, race)

• Achieved Status

• Master Status

• Roles

• Ascribed Status