Ch 2: Cultural Diversity and Conformity
Terms
- Culture
Material Culture
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Non-Material Culture
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Society
Technology
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Language
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Values
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Compare Yanomamo and San (How does it relate to values?)
Norms
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Folkways
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Mores
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Laws
Cultural universals
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Subculture
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Counterculture
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Ethnocentrism
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Cultural relativism
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How is it different from ethnocentrism?
Cultural Diffusion
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Cultural lag
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Cultural leveling
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American Values:
Be able to recognize the definition of each or explain a few of them
Concepts:
- Five components of culture
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How does the Last Lecture connect to American Values?
What are some of the values/norms of the Amish? What is Rumspringa? Why would
someone choose to return to the church?