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| The cluster of learned and shared beliefs, values, practices, behaviors, symbols, and attitudes athat are characteristic of a particular group of people and that are communicated from one generation to the next |
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Anything that stands for something.
Language is a powerful cultural symbol |
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| Anything created by humans that gives information about the culture of its user |
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| Material object and signs and symbols that support the daily activities of people and mediate intelligent action |
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| The tendency to judge other people and cultures by the standards of one's own culture and to believe that their culture are incorrect, while yours are natural or valid |
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| All moral judgments have their origins either in societal or in individual standards, and that no single objective standard exists by which one can asssess the truth for a moral position. |
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Dislike, violence, oppression, or discrimination.
Often invovles a belief that individuals of a particular race are the same |
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Culturally specific
i.e. infants need to develop interdependence; a popular idea in the West, but not so much elsewhere in the world
Something that is true for an individual culture |
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Universal or culture-general concept
Ekman's 6 emotions (anger, fear, disgust, surprise, happiness, sadness) |
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