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Chapter 3
SOC100
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
09/29/2009

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argot
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specialized language used by members of a group or subculture
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counterculture
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a subculture that deliberately opposes certain aspects of the larger culture
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cultural relativism
Definition
the viewing of peoples behavior from the perspective of their own culture
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cultural universal
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a common practive or belief found in every culture
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culture
Definition
the totality of learned socially transmitted customs knowledge marerial objects and behavior
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culture lag
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a period of maladjustment when the non material culture is still struggling to adapt to new material conditions
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culture war
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the polarization of society over controversial cultural issues
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culture shock
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the ffeeling of surprise and disorientation that people experience when they encounter cultural practices that are different from their own
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diffusion
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the process by which a cultural item is spread from group to group or society to society
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dominany ideology
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a set of cultural beliefs and practices that help to maintain powerful social, economic, and political interests
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ethnocentrism
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the tendency to assume that one's own culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others
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folkway
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a norm governing everyday social behavior whose violations raises comparatively little concern
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formal norm
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a norm that has been written down and that specifies strict punishments for violators
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globalization
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thethe worldwide integration of government policies cultures social movements and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas
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informal norm
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a norm that generally understood but not precisely recorded
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material culture
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the physical or technological aspects of our daily lives
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material culture
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the physical or technological aspects of our daily lives
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mores
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norms deemed highly necessary to the welfare of a society
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