Unit 3 APHUGE (Culture, Landscapes, Patterns, and Diffusion)

popular culture

Culture found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics.

Folk Culture

Culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups.

homogeneous

of the same kind; alike

heterogeneous

composed of unlike parts; different; diverse

cultural diffusion

The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another

Cultural Hearth

a center where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions spread outward

custom

The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group of people performing the act.

habit

A repetitive act performed by a particular individual

Taboo

A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom.

Acculturation

The adoption of cultural traits, such as language, by one group under the influence of another. blending of cultures

Assimilation

the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another. One culture overtakes another culture...one culture is lost

Maladaptive diffusion (style over substance)

diffusion in which image takes precedence over practicality (blue jeans)

sequent occupance

the notion that successive societies leave their cultural imprints on a place, each contributing to the cumulative cultural landscape

Innovative diffusion (Possiblism)

The movement of a phenomenon from one location to another to give a people the ability to overcome environmental factors...technology is an example

material culture

the art, housing, clothing, sports, dances, foods, and other similar items constructed or created by a group of people

cultural relativism

not judging a culture but trying to understand it on its own terms

Ethnocentrism

evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture.

cultural landscape

the visible imprint of human activity and culture on the landscape

hierarichal diffusion

the spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places

relocation diffusion

the spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another

Stimulus Diffusion

The spread of an underlying principle, even though a specific characteristic is changed (Globolization of McDonalds)

Contagious Diffusion

The rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population.