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Chapter 3 - Culture

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sociobiologyIs the study of the biological basis of human behavior.
sanctionsAre rewards and punishments used to encourage desired behaviors.
real cultureActual behavior patterns of the members of a group are ________________.
beliefsAre the ideas about the nature of reality.
societyA specific territory composed of people who share a common culture.
lawsFormally defined norms enforced by officials.
moresNorms with moral dimensions.
subcultureA group that belong to the larger culture but differs from it in some significant way.
ethnocentrismJudging others in terms of one's own cultural standards.
informal sanctionsRewards and punishments that can be applied by most members of a group.
cultureConsists of the knowledge, language, values, customs and physical objects that are passed on from generation to generation among members of a group.
instinctsGenetically inherited patterns of behavior
reflexesSimple, biologically inherited, automatic reactions to physical stimuli.
drivesImpulses to reduce comfort.
symbolsthings that stand for or represent something else.
hypothesis of linguistic relativityTheory stating that our idea of reality depends largely upon language.
normsRules defining appropriate and inappropriate behavior.
folkwaysNorms that lack moral significance.
tabooA norm so strong that its violation demands punishment by the group.
formal sanctionsSanctions that may be applied only by officially designated person, such as judges and teachers.
valuesBroad ideas about what most people in a society consider to be desirable.
nonmaterial cultureInvolves beliefs, ideas and knowledge that influence people's behavior.
material cultureThe concrete, tangible objects of a culture.
ideal culturecultural guidelines that group members claim to accept.
real cultureactual behavior patterns of members of a group.
social categoriesgroupings of persons who share a social characteristic
subcultureA group that is part of the dominant culture but that differs from it in some important respects
countercultureA subculture deliberately and consciously opposed to certain central beliefs or attitudes of the dominant culture.
xenocentrismWhen someone loves another culture more than their own.
cultural universalsTraits that exist in all cultures.
cultural particularsThe ways in which a culture expresses universal traits.
Chinatown in New York Citysubculture
motorcycle gangcounterculture
Catholicssocial category
femalessocial category
revolutionary political groupcounterculture
the super poorsocial category or subculture
Norm against cursing aloud in chruchMores
Norm encouraging eating three meals dailyFolkway
Idea of progressValue
Norm against burning a national flagMore or Law
Norm encouraging sleeping in a bedFolkway
Norm prohibiting murder.Law
Norm against overtime parkingLaw
Idea of FreedomValue
Eye blinking in dust stormReflex
Need for sleepDrives
Reaction to a loud noiseImpulse
socialismCreation of culture
reproductiondrive


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