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Chapter 3

Chapter 3 . Section 5. Culture Change. Does culture change? How does culture change? Discovery: the process of finding something that already exists. Ex. Female Athletics Invention: Creation of something new. Ex. Cell Phone

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Chapter 3

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  1. Chapter 3 Section 5

  2. Culture Change • Does culture change? • How does culture change? • Discovery: the process of finding something that already exists. Ex. Female Athletics • Invention: Creation of something new. Ex. Cell Phone • Diffusion: The borrowing aspects of culture from other cultures. Ex. Food, Dress

  3. Cultural Diversity • Exists in all societies • Some are results of Social Categories • Group characteristics such as: • Age • Gender • Religions ***Certain Behaviors are associated with these characteristics*** • Social categories: are groupings of persons who share a social characteristic. • Example: Catholics

  4. Subculture: A group that is part of the dominant culture but that differs from it in some important aspects. Examples: Chinatown in San Francisco Musicians Circus peoples Counterculture: A subculture deliberately and consciously opposed to certain central beliefs or attitudes of the dominant culture. Examples: Goths and Punks Revolutionary groups Gangs Cultural Diversity :Subcultures and Countercultures

  5. Ethnocentrism • Ethnocentrism: judging others in terms of one’s own cultural standards. • What are some examples of Ethnocentrism? • How can Ethnocentrism affect a society?

  6. Cultural Universals • Cultures are different but do share some common aspects, these are called… • Cultural Universals: Are general culture traits that exist in all cultures. • They include: • Sports • cooking • Courtship • Government • Medicine • Music • language

  7. Cultural Universals • Cultural Universal are not always carried out in the same way. • Different cultures have different ways of expressing universals. • These are called: Cultural Particulars • ***Cultural Particulars are the ways in which a culture expresses universal traits.***

  8. Cultural Universals • Why do they exist? • Humans are biologically similar • Ex. Children are born- need to be cared for, people become ill- medical care. • Environmental Factors • Humans need protection from elements, people need food and where you live dictates diet.

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