Cultural Concepts

2. - Culture is not inherited but is ___________ through interaction with one's environment.
5. - The process by which a culture loses its distinctive traits and characteristics, often due to external influence.
7. - The process by which individuals learn their group's culture, through experience, observation, and instruction.
8. - Culture is an ___________ whole, where all parts are interconnected.
10. - The spread of material and nonmaterial culture from one culture to another.
11. - The dominance of a culturally diverse society by the ruling class.

1. - Everything that people have, think, and do as members of their society.
3. - The practice of evaluating another culture according to the standards of one’s own culture.
4. - The process of social, psychological, and cultural change resulting from the balancing of two cultures while adapting to the prevailing culture.
6. 2. Acculturation - The process of social, psychological, and cultural change that stems from balancing two cultures. 3. Relativism - The practice of assessing a culture by its own standards, not in comparison to another culture. 5. Sapir-Whorf - The hypothesis that suggests people understand the world based on their form of language. 6. Shock - The psychological disorientation by people who suddenly find themselves living and working in radically different cultural environments.
9. - Despite differences, all cultures face common problems and share features, making culture ___________.
10. 4. Biological - Culture influences ___________ processes, such as what and how we eat, and with whom.