Culture: The society socially learned and shared ideas, behaviors, and material components
Material Culture: The physical artifacts representing components of society
Nonmaterial: Ideas and symbols representing components of society
Structural elements, 5 basics: symbols, language, beliefs, values, norms
Symbol: an idea or object that has a shared meaning to groups of people
Language: words and symbols used to communicate
Verbal Language: a system of spoken and written words
Sapir-Whorf Theory: a theoretical perspective that suggests people view society through the framework of language
Nonverbal Language: a system of communication by using symbols such as facial expressions, gestures, and proximity of the body
Personal Space: the physical region surrounding an individual that is considered private
Emoticons: symbols that are a type of shorthand and means of expressing emotions and attitudes within text-based communications
Beliefs: ideas generally held to be true in society
Technological determinism: the idea that society technology drives the development of its social structures
Values: collective ideas about what is desirable and undesirable in society
Value Contradictions: conflicting issues between values
Sustainable development: development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
Norms: established guidelines, behaviors, and expectations that are accepted in a given range of social situations
Folkways: informal and common norms that guide everyday behavior
Mores: informal norms based on moral and ethical factors
Laws: formal and legal rules enforced by the state
Taboos: formal norms that, if violated, cause revulsion and the most severe social sanctions
Sanctions: punishments or rewards that support socially approved norms
Dominant Ideology: the beliefs and interests of the majority
Cultural Imperialism: the influence and power of one country culture on a country due to importing goods and services
Subcultures: groups with a distinct set of cultural characteristics shared by a minority of people in society
Countercultures: are subculture groups that are in opposition or contrast with the majority of the members of society
Cultural Universals: aspects of culture found in all societies
Social Facts: social patterns that are external to individuals and greatly influence our way of thinking and behaving in society
Ethnocentrism: judging another culture by ones own standards
Cultural relativism: understanding another culture from its standards
Cultural diffusion: the spread of norms, values, knowledge, symbols, and material components from one society to another
Cultural lag: the process by which technological development and progress outpace current norms, values, knowledge, symbols, and material components of society
Cultural Leveling: the process of cultures becoming similar due to factors such as media and globalization
Radio: 38 yrs
TV: 13 yrs
Internet: 4 yrs
FB: 3.5 yrs
Angry Birds: 35 days
Pokemon GO: 19 days
Popular culture: cultural characteristics adopted, imitated, and idolized by the masses
High Culture: consists of cultural characteristics associated with the dominant and elite members of society