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Flashcards by olivia.nicole.ad, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by olivia.nicole.ad
about 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Values | Something which people see as important ( Something people believe in) |
| Norms | Behaviour which is considered normal (Manners) |
| Consumer Culture | Culture which is expressed through the choices people make about what they buy (buying particular brands to express status) |
| Culture | The ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a particular person or society (Dress, Language and behaviour) |
| Behaviour | The way people act (Act out norms) |
| Subcultures | A smaller group within society with values which are different to a wider group (Youth Subculture) |
| Cultural Relativism | Seeing someone elses culture from the perspective of your own (Challeneges Sociologists wishing to understand other cultures) |
| High Culture | The activities that are most commonly associated with the most educated people in society (Museums, Opera and Classical Music) |
| Cultural Diversity | Exploring examples of culture from various societies (PNG, The San, The Na) |
| Cultural Hybridity | A new form of culture made from combining two or more forms of culture (Creolisation) |
| Popular Culture | Form of culture that is popular with the masses, often associated with people who are not highly educated (Pop Music) |
| Global Culture (Glocal) | A new form of culture which reflects large scale shared ways of life (through increased communication around the world) (McDonaldisation) |
| Mass Culture | Due to larger scale production, larger numbers of people share the same cultural ideas (Through the media e.g. Western FIlms) |
| Cultural Capital | The idea that people possess the right traits which leads to economic success (Pierre Bourdieu- Leads to greater success in education) |
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