Sociology Test 1 Chapter 2

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Beliefs
Shared ideas held collectively by people within a culture about what is true. Helps to bind people together.
Counterculture
Subculture that is against the dominant culture purposefully. They reject it.
Cultural Capital
Cultural resources that give advantages to groups.
Cultural Diffusion
Transmission of cultural elements from one society to another.
Cultural Hegemony
The persuasive and excessive influence of one culture throughout society.
Cultural Relativism
Something cultural can only be judged if you take in the social context that it happened.
Culture
The complex behavior and patterns that defines a way or life for a certain group.
Culture Lag
When one aspect of culture is slow to change compared to others, it lags behind.
Culture Shock
When culture is changed rapidly, or someone is thrown into another culture.
Dominant Culture
Most powerful culture in society, not necessarily the most abundant.
Ethnocentrism
Habit of seeing things only from your point of view. No empathy.
Ethnomethodology
You can find the normal sociological order, by disrupting it.
Folkways
The ways folks act. The general behavior of a group. Simple things such as wearing clothes.
Global Culture
The diffusion of a single culture throughout the whole world.
Material Culture
Tangible objects created in a society