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COACH GRAY SOCIOLOY
final exam review
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Sociology
11th Grade
12/19/2012

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Material culture
Definition
refers to the physical objects, resources, and spaces that people use to define their culture. These include homes, neighborhoods, cities, schools, churches, synagogues, temples, mosques, offices, factories and plants, tools, means of production, goods and products, stores, and so forth. All of these physical aspects of a culture help to define its members' behaviors and perceptions. For example, technology is a vital aspect of material culture in today's United States. American students must learn to use computers to survive in college and business, in contrast to young adults in the Yanomamo society in the Amazon who must learn to build weapons and hunt.
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Ethnocentrism
Definition

- the belief in the inherent superiority of one's own ethnic group or culture.

a tendency to view alien groups or cultures from the perspective of one's own.

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Symbol

Definition
something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representingsomething, often something immaterial; emblem, token, or sign.
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Values

Definition

relative worth, merit, or importance: the value of a college education; the value of a queen in chess.

 

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