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Culture |
Tylor (1971)- that complex whole which includes knowledge, art, law, morals, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society. Linton (1945) - the way of life of a society's members ; the way they learn, share and transmit from generation to generation. |
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Material culture |
The part that is concrete and tangible that a society creates and uses for survival |
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Nonmaterial culture |
Intangible components of ways of life eg. Languages, norms etc. |
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Characteristics of culture |
It is learnt, shared, transmittable, adaptive, dynamic, symbolic. |
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Functions of culture |
Enables communication through language, anticipate responses to actions, creates standards, methods for socialization, knowledge for meeting needs or sustenance |
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Structural universals |
Issues that must be addressed if a society is to survive and evolve |
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Cultural universals |
Values norms traits etc that Re found in every culture. |
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Dominant culture |
Lifestyle of the elite and most influential in society |
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Ideal culture |
Values and standards if behaviour that people in a society profess to hold as worth aspiring to |
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Real culture |
Values and standards of behaviour that people actually follow in society |
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Culture shock |
The disorientation that people experience when they come into contact with a fundamentally different culture. |
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Ethnocentrism |
The tendency to view ones own culture as the norm. |
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Cultural relativism |
Attempts to appreciate other cultures |
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Subculture |
Cultural pattern that sets apart some segment of a society's population Doob (2000)- the culture of a specific segment of people within a society, differing from the dominant culture in some significant aspects |
