Sociology- Chapter 2

Front

The spreading of cultural traits from one society to another __________________.

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Cultural Diffusion

Front

The term that refers to abstract human creations, such as ideas, language, rules, political systems, and so on.

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Nonmaterial Culture

Front

A group with its own unique values, norms, and behaviors that exists within a larger culture.

Back

Subculture

Front

The situation in which some aspects of culture change less rapidly than others is called_______________________.

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Cultural Lag

Front

Written rules of conduct enacted and enforced by the government are called _________?

Back

Laws

Front

The term material culture refers to________________.

Back

Physical objects created by humans

Front

Extreme self-centeredness

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Narcissism

Front

The term folkways refers to________________.

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Norms that do not have moral significance attached to them

Front

_________ are shared beliefs about what is good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable.

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Values

Front

_______________ is the evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture.

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Ethnocentrism