Political Beliefs and Behaviors American political ideology.
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Transcript of Chapter 2 Notes Cultural Diversity. Culture ALL the shared products of human groups – both...
Culture
• ALL the shared products of human groups – both physical and the beliefs, values, and behaviors shared by a group.
Society
• Group of interdependent people who have organized in such a way as to share a common culture and feeling of unity
Folkways
• Norms that describe socially acceptable behavior but do not have great moral significance attached to them – outline common customs of everyday life.
Mores
• Norms that have great moral significance attached to them; violation of such rules endangers society's well-being and stability.
Culture Trait
• An individual tool, act, or belief that is related to a particular situation or need.
Ethnocentrism
• Tendency to view one’s own culture and group as superior to all other cultures and groups.
Subculture
• Group with its own unique values, norms, and behaviors that exists within a larger culture. (Edwin Suterland)