1. Society Defined 2. Understanding Culture 3. Material Culture Examples 4. Nonmaterial Culture Examples 5. Five Categories of Nonmaterial Culture 6. The Power of Language in Culture 7. Defining

1. What is society? - Society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction or a large social group sharing the same geographical or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. 2. What is culture? - Culture is the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution, organization, or group. 3. What is material culture? - Material culture includes the physical objects, resources, and spaces that people use to define their culture. 4. Give 2 examples of material culture. - Examples: Buildings, technology. 5. What is nonmaterial culture? - Nonmaterial culture consists of the ideas, attitudes, and beliefs of a society. 6. Give 2 examples of nonmaterial culture. - Examples: Language, religion. 7. What are the five categories nonmaterial culture can be divided into? - Symbols, language, values, beliefs, and norms. 8. What is the most obvious aspect of culture? - Language. 9. What is a norm? - A norm is a guideline or an expectation for behavior. 10. What is a folkway? - A folkway is a norm for routine or casual interaction; it governs everyday behavior with little moral significance. 11. What is a more? - A more is a norm that carries greater moral significance and is closely related to the core values of a society. 12. What is a taboo? - A taboo is a prohibition against behaviors that are considered to be extremely offensive or unacceptable. 13. What taboo can be found in every society? - Incest. 14. What is a law? - A law is a norm that is formally inscribed at the state or federal level and is enforced by agents of the state. 15. Are all mores and folkways laws? - No, not all mores and folkways are laws. 16. What is a sanction? - A sanction is a form of social control that enforces norms. 17. What is a formal sanction? - A formal sanction is officially recognized and enforced by an authority. 18. What is an informal sanction? - An informal sanction is not codified but occurs in everyday interactions. 19. Give an example of a positive sanction. - Example: Praise. 20. Give an example of a negative sanction. - Example: Scolding. 21. What is a value? - A value is a shared belief about what is good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable. 22. What is a belief? - A belief is something that an individual accepts as true or real. 23. What is ideal culture? - Ideal culture comprises the standards a society would like to embrace and live up to. 24. What is real culture? - Real culture is the way society actually is, based on what occurs and exists. 25. What three reasons cause culture to change? - Innovation, diffusion, and cultural lag. 26. What is ethnocentrism? - Ethnocentrism is the evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture. 27. What is cultural lag? - Cultural lag is the period of maladjustment when the nonmaterial culture is still adapting to new material conditions. 28. What is a vested interest? - A vested interest is a personal stake or involvement in an undertaking or state of affairs, especially one with an expectation of financial gain. 29. Is there cultural diversity in every society? - Yes. 30. What is a subculture? - Subculture is a cultural group within a larger culture, often having beliefs or interests at variance with those of the larger culture. 31. Give an example of a subculture. - Example: Goth culture. 32. What are cultural universals? - Cultural universals are patterns or traits that are globally common to all societies. 33. Give two examples of cultural universals. - Examples: Family structures, language. 34. Are cultural universals carried out the same way in every culture? - No.