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WorksheetsChapter 3 Vocabulary
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 23mins
the belief that one's own culture or group is superior to others, and the tendency to view all other cultures from the perspective of one's own
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values, beliefs, behaviors, and social norms
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the sum of the social categories and concepts we embrace in addition to beliefs, behaviors (except instinctual ones), and practices; everything but the natural environment around us
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doubt, confusion, or anxiety arising from immersion in an unfamiliar culture
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everything that is a part of our constructed physical environment, including technology
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the time gap between the appearance of a new technology and the words and practices that give it meaning
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to flip fluidly between two or more languages and sets of cultural norms to fit different cultural contexts
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modes of behavior and understanding that are not universal or natural
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a system of concepts and relationships; an understanding of cause and effect
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taking into account the differences across cultures without passing judgment or assigning value
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the distinct cultural values and behavioral patterns of a particular group in society
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a group united by sets of concepts, values, symbols, and shared meaning specific to the members of that group distinctive enough to distinguish it from others within the same culture or society
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the process by which individuals internalize the values, beliefs, and norms of a given society and learn to function as members of that society
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moral beliefs
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how values tell us to behave
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Norms are to (a) as values are to attitudes.
the idea that culture is a projection of social structures and relationships into the public sphere, a screen onto which the film of the underlying reality or social structures of a society is projected
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any formats, platforms, or vehicles that carry, present, or communicate information
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common among low-income parents, purchasing highly symbolic or socially resonant items
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a condition by which a dominant group uses its power to elicit the voluntary consent of the masses
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the act of turning media against themselves
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the steady acquisition of material possessions, often with the belief that happiness and fulfillment can thus be achieved
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common in middle-class parents trying to downplay their consumerism; will not buy specific items for their children to prove they are not caught up in consumerism
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