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484633131cultureconsists of the shared products of human groups0
484633132material culturephysical objects that people create and use1
484633133nonmaterial cultureabstract human creations2
484633134societya group of interdependent people who have organized in a way that they share a common culture3
484633135technologythe combination of objects and rules4
484633136languageorganaization of written or spoken symbols used to communicate5
484633137valuesshared beliefs on what is right and wrong6
484633138normsshared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in a certain situation7
484633139folkwaysnorms that do not have a great cultural significance.8
484633140moresnorms that have a great moral significance9
484633141lawswritten rules of conduct made and enforced by the government10
484633142culture traitany individual tool, act or belief that is directly related to a specific need.11
484633143culture complexesa cluster of interrelated traits12
484633144culture patternsthe combination of a number of culture complexes inter related into a whole13
484633145cultural universalscertain features society must develop in order to ensure their fulfillment14
489013009ethnocentrismthe tendency to view one's own culture as the best culture.15
489013010cultural relativismthe thought that a person should be judge only by the standards of his or her own society.16
489013011subculturea social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs17
489013012counterculturea subculture that deliberately opposes certain aspects of the larger culture18
489013013George Murdockanthropologist who complied a list of over 60 cultural universals19
489013014Margaret Meadanthropologist who studied Samoa culture and decided that nurture was above nature in human emotions20
489013015Arapeshsociety in New Guinea show signs of both men and women behaving in traditional feminine way (passive & gentle).21
489013016MundugumorA Jealous, violent, tribe within New Guinea that have little other emotion but anger.22
489013017Marvin Harrisexplored the religious prohibition in india against killing cows even when food shortages exist.23
489013018Edwin Sutherlanddeveloped the differential association theory which talks about learning an excess of definition for deviance may make you more likely to be deviant24
489013019Yanomamofarmers who live in small villages along the border between Brazil and Venezuela and are very hostile.25
489013020Sanlast nomadic group of Africans before early civilization; live in Kalahari desert26
489013021Napoleon Chagnonanthropologist who studied the Yanomamo27

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