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Unit 2

Unit 2. Cultural Diversity. Terms. Material Culture Nonmaterial Culture Symbols Language Values Norms (folkways & mores) Cultural Traits Cultural Complexes Cultural Patterns. Material Culture. Physical objects that people create and use. Nonmaterial Culture.

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Unit 2

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  1. Unit 2 Cultural Diversity

  2. Terms • Material Culture • Nonmaterial Culture • Symbols • Language • Values • Norms (folkways & mores) • Cultural Traits • Cultural Complexes • Cultural Patterns

  3. Material Culture • Physical objects that people create and use.

  4. Nonmaterial Culture • Abstract human creations form a group’s nonmaterial culture.

  5. Symbols • Anything that represents something else • Symbols have a shared meaning attached to them. (use of symbols very basis of human culture)

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  7. Language • Organization of written or spoken symbols into a standardized system.

  8. Values • Shared beliefs about what is good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable.

  9. Norms • Shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations. (expectations for behavior, not actual behavior) • Folkways: no moral significance • Mores: carry a moral significance

  10. Folkways • Norms that describe socially acceptable behavior but do not have great moral significance attached to them. • Common customs of everyday life.

  11. Mores (MAWR-ayz) • Have great moral significance • Violation of mores endangers society’s well being and stability. (Laws help to protect us from violating mores)

  12. Culture Trait • An individual tool, act, or belief that is related to a particular situation or need.

  13. Culture Complexes • Individual culture traits combine to form culture complexes.

  14. Cultural Patterns • Cultural complexes combine to form cultural patterns.

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