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Beliefs
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Shared ideas held collectively by people within a given culture about what is true.
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Counterculture
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Subcultures created as a reaction against the values of dominant culture.
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Cultural Capital
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Refers to the cultural resources deemed worthy (such as knowledge of elite culture) and that give advantages to groups possessing such capital.
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Cultural Diffusion
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The transmission of cultural groups or elements from one society or cultural group to another.
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Cultural Hedgemony
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Defined as the pervasive and excessive influence of one culture throughout society.
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Cultural Relativism
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The idea that something can be understood and judged onlyin relation to the cultural context in which it appears.
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Culture
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The complex system of meaning and behavior that defines the way of life for a given group or society.
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Culture Lag
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When cultures adjust slowly to changing conditions
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Culture Shock
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When culture changes rapidly or someone is suddenly thrust Into a new social situation.
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Dominant Culture
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The culture of the most powerful group in society
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Ethnocentrism
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The habit of seeing things only from the point of view of one’s group.
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Ethnomethodology
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A theoretical approach in sociology based on the idea that you can discover the normal social order through disrupting it.
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Folkways
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The general standards of behavior adhered to by the group.
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Global Culture
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The diffusion of a single culture throughout the world.
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Language
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A set of symbols and rules that, combined in a meaningful way, provides a complex communication system.
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