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Chapter Two A: Cultural Diversity Culture: all the shared products of human groups

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Page 1: Culture: all the shared products of human groups

Chapter Two A:Cultural Diversity

Culture: all the shared products of human groups

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Material vs. Nonmaterial CultureMaterial Culture Nonmaterial

CulturePhysical objects that

people create & use

Examples: automobiles, books, buildings, clothing, computers & cooking

Abstract human creations

Examples: beliefs, family patterns, ideas, language, political & economic systems, & rules

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Components of Culture

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Technologya culture’s physical objects and rules associated with their use

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Symbolsanything that represents something else

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Languagethe organization of written or spoken symbols

into a standardized system

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Valuesshared beliefs about right/wrong, good/bad, desirable/undesirable

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Norms

shared rules of conduct inspecific situations

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Examining Culture

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Culture Traitso individual tool, act, or belief related to a

particular situation/needExample: – using knives, forks & spoons to eat

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Culture Complexescluster of interrelated traits

Example – Footballcontains many different typesof materials, acts & beliefs

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Culture Patternscombination of a number of culture

complexes into an interrelated whole

Example – baseball ,basketball, football, soccer, swimming, tennis & track combine to formthe American athletic pattern

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CLASSWORK: Chapter 2Page 29 #2-4Page 39 #3-5Page 40 #1-10 Indentifying People & IdeasPage 40 #1-7 Understanding Main IdeasPage 40 #1-5 Thinking Critically