Culture Vocabulary

3. the prohibition of an action based on the belief that such behaviour is either too sacred and consecrated or too dangerous and accursed for ordinary individuals to undertake.
5. Sanctions are mechanisms of social control
10. Mores are the customs, norms, and behaviors that are acceptable to a society or social group
11. the spreading out and merging of pieces from different cultures
12. Negative sanctions are punishments for violating norms
14. the ability to learn and transmit behavioral traditions from one generation to the next by the invention of things
16. All of the intangible products created by human interaction. Cannot be held or touched. Examples are family patterns, language, economic systems, work practices, etc.
17. All of the tangible products created by human interaction. Can be held or touched. Examples are clothing, buildings, car, computers, prepared food, etc.
21. A smaller culture within a dominant culture that has a way of life different in some way from the dominant culture.
22. A gesture is a form of non-verbal communication or non-vocal communication in which visible bodily actions communicate particular messages
23. Shared beliefs about good and evil, right and wrong, Types of values determine the character and behavior of the members of a society.
24. Belief that one's own culture and group is superior to others

1. Positive sanctions are rewards given for conforming to norms
2. the notion that culture takes time to catch up with technological innovations
4. A type of Norm. Does not have great moral significance. No official sanction for violating a folkway.
6. the feeling of disorientation experienced by someone who is suddenly subjected to an unfamiliar culture, way of life, or set of attitudes.
7. Shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in a specific social situation. An expectation, not the actual behavior.
8. the proposal that the particular language one speaks influences the way one thinks about reality.
9. A subculture that opposes the values and norms of the dominant culture. Often lives apart from the dominant culture. Sometimes seeks to change the values and norms of the dominant culture to those of the Counterculture.
11. Cultures should be judged by their own values. Verstehen.
13. the process by which different cultures approach each other as a result of travel and communication
15. All of the common ideas, beliefs, behaviors, and products common to, and defining, a group's way of life.
18. the principal method of human communication, consisting of words used in a structured and conventional way and conveyed by speech, writing, or gesture
19. The core values are the basic elements of how we go about our work
20. Anything that stands for or represents something and has shared meaning attached to it