A societal status that one acquires by virtue of having demonstrated positive or negative behaviors.
A large band led by a headsman and joined by common interest and need.
A smaller group within a larger culture that shares their own cultural attributes.
The scientific study of the characteristics of various peoples and the differences and relationships between them.
The process by which one learns the rules, norms, and expectations of their society by interacting with peers.
A rigid societal hierarchy in which one’s ascribed status indicates what rights and privileges they can enjoy and whom they can socialize with.
A culture primarily defined by kinship and family, not social hierarchy.
The belief that one’s culture is superior to others.
Distress caused by an individual’s inability to quickly adapt to a new culture, or by a large discrepancy between one’s cultural values and their surrounding environment.
A religious group that follows a prophet and does not adhere to the values of their larger society.
Societal status that one receives at birth.
Formative events that occur at transition points in one’s life.
Becoming acclimated to one’s native culture through observation, experience and instruction.
The scientific study of a particular culture.
The process that occurs when one culture adopts traits and traditions from another culture without fully adopting the other culture.
Unofficial law that is part of the cultural tradition and upheld as strictly as a written law.
The process by which a smaller, minority culture adopts the cultural attributes of a larger, majority culture, effectively blending in.
A society run by a select group of wealthy individuals.
Recurring traditions in a society that reinforce social norms.
One society’s attempt to kill all members of a particular culture to cause culture death.
Behaviors that are deemed appropriate and typical by society.
Behavior that deviates from a culture’s norms and accepted values.
A group’s shared behavior and beliefs that are learned, patterned, adaptive, and symbolic.
A system in which one culture lays claim to foreign land and then represses and asserts domination over the native culture.
The process of an individual adopting a new culture.
acculturation
achieved status
ascribed status
assimilation
band
caste system
colonialism
common law
crime
cult
culture
culture shock
enculturation
ethnocentrism
ethnography
ethnology
genocide
norms
oligarchy
rites of passage
rituals
socialization
subculture
transculturation
tribe
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