| ideal culture | | a norm that if formally defined and enforced by officials |
| nonmaterial culture | | group that is part of the dominant culture but that differs from it in some important respects |
| conditioned | | judging others in terms of one's own cultural standards |
| social categories | | mentally trained |
| cultural etiquette | | subculture deliberately and consciously opposed to certain central beliefs or attitudes of the dominant culture |
| real culture | | Rules defining appropriate and inappropriate behavior |
| hypothesis of linguistic realitivity | | groupings of persons who share social characteristics |
| informal sanctions | | sanctions imposed by persons given special authority |
| cultural relativism | | general cultural traits that exist in all cultures |
| reflex | | rewards or punishments that can be applied by most members of a group |
| drive | | impulse to reduce discomfort |
| cultural particulars | | ideas, knowledge, and beliefs that influence people's behavior |
| society | | actual behavior patterns of members in a group |
| taboo | | accepting norms from a different place even though they may differ from out culture |
| folkways | | norms that lack moral significance |
| sapir-whorf hypothesis | | broad ideas about what is good or desirable shared by people in a society |
| Norms | | a rule of behavior, the violation of which calls for strong punishment |
| mores | | the concrete, tangible objects of a culture |
| ethnocentrism | | the ways in which a culture expresses universal traits |
| beliefs | | reward or punishment used to encourage people to follow norms |
| Culture | | automatic reaction to physical stimulus |
| law | | looking at things from a point of view different from your own, not making judgements based on your beliefs |
| sociobiology | | theory stating that out idea of reality depends largely upon language |
| material culture | | norms that have moral dimensions and that should be followed by members of the society |
| values | | cultural guidelines that group members claim to accept |
| cultural universals | | specific territory inhabited by people who share a common culture |
| sanctions | | study of the biological basis of human behavior |
| subculture | | says that language is our guide to reality |
| formal sanctions | | something that represents something else |
| symbols | | ideas about the nature of reality |
| counterculture | | knowledge, values, customs, and physical objects that are shared by members of a society |
