Week 2 Vocabulary Flashcards
The world integration of government policies, cultures, social movements, and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas .
Globalization
The tangible artifacts created by a culture
material Culture
The sum of a society’s values, beliefs, behaviors, knowledge , language, and material objects that form a peoples way of life.
Culture
The disconnect in a society that occurs when material culture changes more rapidly than non material culture
Cultural lag
Cultural patterns in which segments of a society maintain a distinctive identity different from one of the dominant culture
Subculture
The intangible world of ideas created by members of a society
Non material culture
Cultural beliefs that justify particular social arrangements including patterns of inequality .
Ideology
An esoteric language used by a sub group to communicate with one another. It is generally not well understood by outsiders and serves as a barrier of understanding between the dominant culture and sub culture.
Argot
A culturally distinct system of symbols, vocal and non vocal that allows members of a society to communicate.
Language