Culture and culture change

What is the process of learning one’s culture called?

Enculturation.

What is the integration into a society or group referred to as?

Socialization.

Name three agents of enculturation.

Family, school, and media.

What is cultural relativism?

Analyzing cultures with reference to their own histories and values.

Define ethnocentrism.

Judging other cultures based on one’s own culture.

What are the basic functions of culture?

Feed, clothe, shelter, determine rights and responsibilities, give meaning, live peaceably.

What does the term 'society' refer to?

A people who depend on one another, share territory, history, and culture.

How is culture defined?

The way of life of a society.

What includes material culture or artifacts, values, attitudes, and beliefs?

Elements of culture.

What are the characteristics of culture?

Learned, shared, adaptive, and always changing.

List some bases for belonging and differentiation.

Race, age, language, nationality, socio-economic status.

What is the fastest changing social institution?

Weapons technology.

What is a 'tribal or ethnic group'?

A social category based on shared cultural characteristics, ancestry, and heritage.

What are some content areas of cultural learning?

Social axioms, customs, traditions, values, and beliefs.

Name a type of untruth associated with cultural learning.

Lies, hoaxes, urban legends, and conspiracy theories.

What does it mean for culture to be adaptive?

It changes in response to the physical environment, other societies, and history.