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Cultural Concepts and Variations Explained

The document discusses various cultural concepts and how cultures can vary. It defines concepts like ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, xenocentrism, and temporocentrism. It also discusses subcultures, counter-cultures, culture universals, and culture shock. The document notes that cultural diversity exists in variations in language, appearance, ideas, laws, and values between cultures. It lists factors like environment, isolation, technology, and cultural themes that can affect cultural variations. Modes of acquiring culture mentioned include imitation, indoctrination, conditioning, acculturation, and amalgamation.

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Cultural Concepts and Variations Explained

The document discusses various cultural concepts and how cultures can vary. It defines concepts like ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, xenocentrism, and temporocentrism. It also discusses subcultures, counter-cultures, culture universals, and culture shock. The document notes that cultural diversity exists in variations in language, appearance, ideas, laws, and values between cultures. It lists factors like environment, isolation, technology, and cultural themes that can affect cultural variations. Modes of acquiring culture mentioned include imitation, indoctrination, conditioning, acculturation, and amalgamation.

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  • Cultural Concepts and Variations
  • Other Cultural Concepts
  • Cultural Group Dynamics
  • Cultural Challenges
  • Cultural Diversity
  • Factors Influencing Cultural Variations
  • Cultural Spread and Themes
  • Methods of Cultural Acquisition
  • Cultural Adaptation Processes

CULTURAL

CONCEPTS
AND
VARIATIONS
Other Cultural Concepts
 Ethnocentrism- a feeling that one’s own
particular way of life is superior and right and
that all other cultures are inferior and defective.
 Cultural Relativism- opposite of ethnocentrism.
The concept refers to the notion that each
culture should be evaluated according to its own
merits and standards rather from the standpoint
or bases of a different culture.
 Xenocentrism- it is the belief that what is foreign
is best in terms of one’s lifestyle, products or
ideas.
 Temporocentrism- it is the belief that one’s
own time more important than that of the past
or future.
 Subculture- a group or category within a
society that shares in the general culture but
maintains distinctive ways of thinking, acting
and feeling.
 Counter-culture- a subculture that values
and norms that sharply contradict those of the
larger society.
 Culture Universal-this refer to common
cultural elements that are found within all
known societies.
 Culture Lag- the inability of given society to
adapt immediately to another culture.
 Culture Shock- the experience of
disorientation and frustrations that occurs
when individuals find themselves among who
do not share their fundamental premises.
 Cultural Integration- concerned with
adoption of a mass consumer culture where
everything from fashion to sport, music to
television, becomes integrated into the
national culture, often without challenge.
Cultural Diversity
-cultural diversity means the variation of
culture in some ways with another culture
which guides human behavior. From
language to appearance, from great ideas
to good manner, from laws to values, the
culture of the world offer what seems like
an infinite number of alternatives. You may
find many foreign customs practical, logical
or even attractive.
Conditions That Affect Cultural Variations

 Environment- a persons surroundings play a


major role in shaping his/her culture. In various
part of the world, the physical and the natural
environments differ from one another.
 Isolation- under this condition, a culture
continues on its own course, unaltered and
uncontaminated by other culture.
 Technology- cultural variation is also cause by
technological advances in a society. The
technology used by a society determines its
social structure that leads to changes in culture.
 Cultural Themes- cultural patterns generally
contain themes that contribute to variations
among cultures. Based on themes, culture
tends to select and reinterpret the new ideas
that are meaningful to people.
 Diffusion- involves the borrowing or
transferring of certain elements of one
culture to another culture when the former
comes into contact with the latter.
Modes of Acquiring Culture
 Imitation- it is a human action by which
one tends to duplicate more or less
exactly the behavior of others.
 Indoctrination- this takes the form of
formal teaching or training which may
happen anywhere. The formal teaching
takes into account the cultural
components of society where the
learning individual lives.
 Conditioning- through norms prevailing in
one’s social and cultural milieu, and through
the process of conditioning, the individual
acquires certain patterns of beliefs, values,
behaviors, and actions.
 Acculturation- a process by which societies
with different cultures are modified through
fairly close and long continued contact.
 Amalgamation- the intermarriage of persons
coming from different cultural groups
resulting in some kind of biological fusion.

CULTURAL CONCEPTS AND VARIATIONS
Other Cultural Concepts Ethnocentrism- a feeling that one’s own particular way of life is superior and right and that all
Temporocentrism- it is the belief that one’s own time more important than that of the past or future. Subculture- a group
Culture Universal-this refer to common cultural elements that are found within all known societies. Culture Lag- the inab
Cultural Diversity -cultural diversity means the variation of culture in some ways with another culture which guides human
Conditions That Affect Cultural Variations Environment- a persons surroundings play a major role in shaping his/her culture
Cultural Themes- cultural patterns generally contain themes that contribute to variations among cultures. Based on themes,
Modes of Acquiring Culture Imitation- it is a human action by which one tends to duplicate more or less exactly the behavi
Conditioning- through norms prevailing in one’s social and cultural milieu, and through the process of conditioning, the i

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