SOC-101 Chapter 2
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mikekennedy27 on March 7, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Beliefs | shared ideas held collectively by people within a given culture |
| Culture | complex system of meaning and behavior that defines the way of life for a given group or society- values, beliefs, knowledge, art, morals, laws, customs, habits, langauge, and dress |
| dominate culture | culture of the most powerful group in a soceity |
| folkways | general standards of behavior adhered to by a group |
| language | set of symbols and rules that are combined in a meaningful way |
| laws | ... |
| mass media | channels of communication that're available to wide segments of the population- print, film, electric media |
| material culture | objects created in a given soceity- buildings, art, tools, toys, paint |
| mores | strict norms that control moral/ethical behavior |
| nonmaterial culture | norms, laws, customs, ideas, beliefs of a group of people |
| norms | specific cultural expectations for how to behave in a given situation |
| values | abstract standards in a society or group that defines ideal prinicipals |
| Sapir- Whorf hypothesis | language shapes culutre, language determines what people think because language forces people to perceive the world in certain times |
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