| Term | Definition |
|---|
| cultural change | the term that deals with the evolution of cultural components |
| invention | the creation of new cultural elements |
| discovery | recognition and understanding of something already in existence |
| diffusion | the spread of cultural traits across societies |
| cultural elements | language, symbols, values, material objects, and non-material objects/culture |
| language | the primary means of cultural transmission - what is said & how it is said |
| symbols | clothing, gestures, icons, or anything carrying a recognizable meaning to a particular culture |
| values | standards of good/bad, right/wrong, behaviors, priorities, and expressed needs |
| material objects | tangible human creations (i.e. weapons) |
| non-material objects | intangible human creations (i.e. religion, politics) |
| culture | beliefs, values, attitudes, material objects & social heritage shared by a particular people |
| democracy | a political system in which power is exercised by the people as a whole |
| dependent variable | dependent upon another variable for change (y) |
| independent variable | a stimulus (x) |
| emile durkheim | the guy who researched the effect of social integration on a person's willingness to commit suicide; there was a high relation |
| dyad | a social group with 2 members (i.e. love affairs, marriages, best friends) |
| empirical evidence | information we can verify with our senses |
| ethnocentrism | the practice of judging another's culture based on the standards of your own |
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