1. Vocabulary Development !
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Introduction
to Sociology
Vocabulary Development !
Cultural Diversity

2. Material Culture Physical objects / artifacts
Created by a group of people
Examples ?

3. Abstract creations such as language, religion, value systems
Non – Material
Culture
Examples ?

4. Shared values/ rules of a society
Norm

5. Norms that have great moral significance
Mores
Examples ?

6. Common features that are found in all cultures
Cultural
Universal
Examples ?

7. The tendency to view your own culture / ethnic group as superior
Ethnocentrism
Examples of how Ethnocentrism has led to conflict ?

8. Subculture Counterculture
Group with its own values & behaviors that coexists within the dominant culture Examples ?
Subculture
Counterculture
Group with its own values & behaviors that rejects the value system of the dominant culture
Examples ?

9. Invention / Innovation
Invention = to use existing knowledge to create something that did not previously exist
Invention / Innovation
Innovation is to use your knowledge to improve or advance a previously existing invention
Examples of modern day innovations ?

10. The acceptance of ideas and inventions from other cultures
Acculturation
Examples ?

11. Norms of a society that have low moral significance
Folkways
Examples ?

12. Large movements of people settling into new areas
Migration
What elements of Culture do migrating groups bring with them ?
Describe certain behaviors that migrating groups engage in if they desire to assimilate with a native society ?

13. The spread of ideas and inventions to other cultures and societies
Diffusion
Examples ?

14. A version of language that reflects a change in speech patterns / accents, slang
Dialect
Examples ?

15. The place of origin of ideas and inventions – in early history most cultural hearths ( civilizations ) settled along rivers or coastlines of lakes & oceans
Cultural
Hearth
Examples ?

16. Cultural
Relativism
Human values & rights are not common all over the world, there are variations & differences among different cultures and we should not judge other cultures based on our own values ( or should we ? )

17. Race is a classification of people according to their physical appearance, inherited characteristics
Is RACE an accurate biological identification or a subcategory made up by humans to separate us ?

18. Socialization, behaviors, mores, values, religion, language A way of Life ! Culture is passed on through material artifacts & non – material beliefs
Culture

19. Religious Exclusivism
The fusion or combining of diverse religious elements, beliefs and practices. Religious Syncretism results in a new religion or a new belief system ( the teachings are blended ). refers to the belief in two or more religious worldviews as being equally valid or acceptable. More than tolerance, religious pluralism accepts multiple paths to God or gods as a possibility. Is usually contrasted with “religious pluralism.” Religious Exclusivism is the idea that there is only one true religion or way to know God and to seek salvation.
Religious Syncretism
Religious Pluralism
Religious Exclusivism