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| is a loosely used term that refers to people who interact in a defined territory and share culture(s). |
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refers to the beliefs, values, behavior, and material objects that, all together, form a people’s way of life.
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culture.
****• the values held by a group, that underlie their beliefs
• the norms they follow
• shared symbols and language
• their behavior
• the material goods they create, including technology
• the set of ideas they draw on to shape their beliefs, values, and actions |
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the deeply held, culturally defined standards by which people judge what is good, right, appropriate, worthwhile, and important (or not) with regard to conduct, appearance, how we live, and so forth.
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values.
***▫ Achievement and success
▫ Hard work
▫ Material comfort
▫ Value of the individual
▫ Progress and change
▫ Science
▫ Faith based beliefs
▫ Practicality and efficiency
▫ Freedom
▫ Democracy and free enterprise
▫ Equal opportunity
▫ Racism and group superiority |
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| the rules and expectations – almost always unwritten – by which a society regulates the behavior of its members. ****what do they do? |
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norms.
****• can change over time
• vary from culture to culture
• are enforced by social control: various means by which the members of society encourage conformity to norms, through the shaping of ideas, values, and attitudes |
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| the condition of being excluded as an “outsider” or “other” than the accepted norm. |
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Many modern societies are __________, meaning that their people follow a variety of ways of living, often from different ethnic origins, that sometimes blend and sometimes clash.
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multicultural.
**• promote and encourage cultural diversity
• recognize the value of all cultural traditions
• experience differences and conflict among groups whose values are frequently inconsistent and even opposed |
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judging another culture by the standards of one’s own culture; believing that our values, norms, and cultural ways are the “best” or the “right” or
the most important ones.
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ethnocentrism.
**• attempting to understand a society by its own cultural norms and values
• acknowledging the cultural specificity of our views
• realizing that our taken-for-granted concepts are not necessarily universal
• remaining open to learning from other traditions |
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Understanding, coexisting with, and even learning from other cultures requires the development of ___________ a set of abilities including:
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intercultural competence.
***• knowledge of others
• knowledge of self
• considering our values in relation to other people’s
• appreciating other points of view
• developing skills to interpret, relate, and interact with different people
• suspending judgment and emphasizing understanding
• valuing others’ values, beliefs, and behaviors in their own context |
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