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7914059345Habit vs customSelf vs society0
7914059346pop culturemodern popular culture transmitted via mass media and aimed particularly at younger people1
7914059347Folk Culturetraditionally practiced primarily by small, homogeneous groups living in isolated rural areas2
7914059348cultural diffusionThe spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another3
7914059349material culturethe physical things created by members of a society4
7914059350non material culturethe beliefs, practices, aesthetics, and values , of a group of people5
7914059351TaboosA restriction on behavior imposed by a social custom.6
7914059352Social mediaElectronic media that allows people with similar interests to participate in a social network7
7914059353cultural landscapethe visible imprint of human activity and culture on the landscape8
7914059354SymbolsTerms, concepts, or items that represent specific meanings by accepted convention.9
7914059355cultural syncretismThe blending of elements of cultures; also refered to as hybridization or acculturation.10
7914059356built environmentpart of the physical landscape that represents material culture; the landscape created by humans11
7914059357PostmodernA view that social and cultural reality, as well as social science itself, is a human construction.12
7914059358green energyrenewable energy13
7914059359commercial buildingsA building or land intending to be used to commercialize14
7914059360relocation diffusionthe spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another15
7914059361folkloreThe traditional beliefs, myths, tales, and practices of a people, transmitted orally.16
7914059362EnclavesSmall territories located inside a larger country17
7914059363sequent occupancecultural succession and its lasting imprint18
7914059364cultural globalizationworldwide spread of similar norms, values, and practices19
7914059365Cultural adaptationthe complex strategies human groups employ to live successfully as part of a natural system.20
7914059366AssimilationInterpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas21
7914059367Acculturation (n)The adoption of behaviors from a surrounding society22

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