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culture
complex whole consisting of objects, values, and other
characteristics that people acquire as members of society
TERM 2
society
DEFINITION 2
people in the same area interacting
TERM 3
material culture
DEFINITION 3
every conceivable type of physical object produced by
humans that reflect the nature of society they were made in
TERM 4
non material
DEFINITION 4
intangible aspect of culture
TERM 5
cognitive
DEFINITION 5
thoughts and ideas; process of thought
normative
morals and behaviors values: socially shared ideas about
what is good, desirable, or important (we are taught them)
TERM 7
symbolic
DEFINITION 7
a word, gesture, music, or anything that stands for
something else
TERM 8
gesture
DEFINITION 8
ways in which people use their bodies
TERM 9
cultural integration
DEFINITION 9
the joining of various values in a coherent whole
TERM 10
norms
DEFINITION 10
social rules that specify how people should behave
symbolic
component
a word, gesture, or anything that stands for something else
TERM 17
sapir-wherf hypothesis
DEFINITION 17
says that language allows us to see things in a certain way
TERM 18
popular culture
DEFINITION 18
consists of the relatively unsophisticated artistic creations
that appear to a mass audience
TERM 19
sub culture
DEFINITION 19
culture within another culture; maintain the characteristics of
the dominant culture
TERM 20
eurocentrism
DEFINITION 20
viewing the world from a european standpoing
afrocentrism
viewing the world from an african standpoint
TERM 22
multicultural
DEFINITION 22
all sub cultures are equal in society
TERM 23
ethnocentrism
DEFINITION 23
the belife that one culture is better than another
TERM 24
technology
DEFINITION 24
advances in food production advances in transportation can
cause culture to change
TERM 25
cultural lag
DEFINITION 25
situation in which cultures values and beliefs fail to catch up
to technology
intelligence
capacity for mental or intellectual achievement such as
logical thinking, and problem solving
TERM 32
temperament
DEFINITION 32
an inclination to act a certain way ex: nervous calm hyper
TERM 33
aptitude
DEFINITION 33
capacity for developing mental or social skills
TERM 34
learning gender roles
DEFINITION 34
people images of hat they are socially expected to be and do
on the basis of their sex; family is the major source of gender
development
TERM 35
functionalist perspective
DEFINITION 35
socialization ensures social order. through it we can instill the
norms and values of society
conflict perspective
children are dependent on their parents to survive, thus the
parents may be tempted to exploit abuse on their children
TERM 37
looking glass theory
DEFINITION 37
self image in how others see you
TERM 38
agents
DEFINITION 38
societies agents that help to socialize us
TERM 39
4 different types
DEFINITION 39
family: most important socializing agent; at home, kids are
treated like unique, special people school: kids are treated
like everyone else peer groups: a groups who's member
share the same interest. they are made up as equals mass
media: books, newspaper, t.v, radio, etc; prime source of
info. about the world
TERM 40
adult socialization(3 types) anticipatory
socialization
DEFINITION 40
people assume a role in the future
George Mead
3 stages: preparatory stage(birth-2) children simply imitate
other people in their immediate environment play stage:
children take and play roles of their significant others game
stage: children take and play the roles of generalized others
(at this stage, children learn to internalize the values of
society as a whole
