Social and Cultural Concepts
ideologies and cultural terminology
Terms
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- civilization
- a culture with complex social, economic, and governmental systems
- cultural lag
- a process happening when certain parts of a culture don't keep up with the changes in the rest of the culture
- anthropology
- the study of human cultures
- assimilation
- the process by which people give up the ways of their culture and become part of a different culture
- ethnocentrism
- the attitude that one culture is superior to all other cultures
- multiculturalism
- the situation in a society that includes many different, distinct, clutures
- photos
- wrong match, no points
- enculturation
- a process by which a person learns the culture of his or her society
- international culure
- cultural traditions that extend beyond the boundaries of one nation
- notecards
- not more than 2 lines on each
- culture
- a way of life
- culture shock
- the discomfort people feel when they come into contact with an unfamiliar culture
- diffusion
- a process by which cultural traits and patterns spread from one society to other societies
- cultural relativism
- the idea that a culture should not be judged by the rules of another culture
- visuals
- clear and labeled
- nonmaterial culture
- the values beliefs, and behaviors of a society
- archaeology
- the study of human cultures of the past
- eye contact
- an absolute
- story
- must be "told," not read
- cultural traits
- characteristics or aspects of a culture
- material culture
- the things that are created by the members of a society
- pop culture
- the aspects of current culture that make up its arts and entertainment (such as fads, fashions, art, media, music, movies, sports, advertising, etc.)
- acculturation
- a process that takes place when cultures that have contact with each other exchange or blend traits or patterns of their cultures
- photos
- must show exactly what is required
- story time
- must take 10 minutes
- subculture
- a group within a culture that holds to beliefs and behaviors that are a variation of the wider culture's beliefs and behaviors
- # of notecards
- not more than 10