1. Unit 2
Cultural Diversity

2. Terms Material Culture Nonmaterial Culture Symbols Language Values
Norms (folkways & mores)
Cultural Traits
Cultural Complexes
Cultural Patterns

3. Material Culture
Physical objects that people create and use.

10. Nonmaterial Culture
Abstract human creations form a group’s nonmaterial culture.

15. (use of symbols very basis of human culture)
Anything that represents something else
Symbols have a shared meaning attached to them.
(use of symbols very basis of human culture)

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20. Language
Organization of written or spoken symbols into a standardized system.

24. Values
Shared beliefs about what is good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable.

28. (expectations for behavior, not actual behavior)
Norms
Shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations.
(expectations for behavior, not actual behavior)
Folkways: no moral significance
Mores: carry a moral significance

30. Folkways
Norms that describe socially acceptable behavior but do not have great moral significance attached to them.
Common customs of everyday life.

36. (Laws help to protect us from violating mores)
Mores (MAWR-ayz)
Have great moral significance
Violation of mores endangers society’s well being and stability.
(Laws help to protect us from violating mores)

41. Culture Trait
An individual tool, act, or belief that is related to a particular situation or need.

44. Culture Complexes
Individual culture traits combine to form culture complexes.

46. Cultural Patterns
Cultural complexes combine to form cultural patterns.