Culture Acquisition Modes

Cultural Change - it is observed when new opens up new ways of living and when new ideas enter a culture as a result of ______

Cultural Diversity - differentiation of culture all over the world which means there is no right or wrong culture but there is appropriate culture for the need of a specific group of people. This concept emphasizes that no culture is ______ to any other culture

Cultural Relativism - a principle that an individual person’s beliefs and activities should be understood by others in terms of that individual’s own culture. ______ - patterns or traits that are globally common to all societies

Cultural Variation - rich diversity in social patterns that different human group exhibit around the world. Culture ______ - it is experienced when some parts of the society do not change as fast as with other parts and they are left behind

Culture Shock - the feeling of disoriented, uncertain, out of place or even fearful when immersed in an unfamiliar ______

Ethnocentrism - a feeling or belief that one’s culture is better than ______

Structural Strain Theory focuses on the tension between cultural goals and ______

Robert Merton developed the Structural Strain theory as an extension of the ______ perspective on deviance

Conformity (Conformists) are individuals who believe in the established cultural goals and normative ______

Ritualism (Ritualists) do not believe in the established cultural goals but abide by the means for attaining those ______

Innovation (Innovators) accept the cultural goals of society but reject the conventional ______ of attaining those goals

Retreatism (Retreatists) reject both cultural goals and the accepted ______ of attaining those goals

Non-conformity is a behavior that departs significantly from societal ______

Ignorance is why people violate ______ and norms

Cultural Diversity emphasizes that no culture is ______ to any other culture

Ethnocentrism is a feeling or belief that one’s culture is better than ______