UNIT TEST- EL

ENCULTURATION- It is the process of learning culture.

MATERIAL CULTURE- It refers to the material objects that people create.
SOCIAL NORMS- It is the rules and expectations that define what is acceptable in social situation.
LAWS- These are formalized social norms enacted by people who are vested with political and legal
authority.
BELIEFS- These are person's ideas about worth and desirability.
HIGH CULTURE- It is cultural patterns that distinguish a society's elite.
POPULAR CULTURE- It is a cultural pattern that are widespread among as society's population.
SUB CULTURE- It is a cultural pattern that set apart some segments of a society's population.
MULTICULTURALISM- It refers to the state of a society or the world in which exists numerous distinct
COUNTER CULTURE- It is a cultural pattern that strongly oppose those widely accepted within society.
INVENTION- It is the development of something totally new.
INNOVATION- It is the improvement on something that always exists.
CULTURAL RELATIVISM- It evaluates a culture by the own standards.
XENOCENTRISM- It refers to preference for foreign things.
ETHNOCENTRISM- It evaluates another culture by the standards of one's own culture.
KINSHIP GROUP- It is a system of social relations bond on blood or marriage of affinity.
UPPER WORLD- Dwelling place of God and angels.
LOWER WORLD- Dwelling place of humans and environmental spirits.
SOCIETY- It refers to the interacting individuals sharing a common culture.
SOCIAL STRUCTURE- It refers to the pattern of interaction and networks of relationship in a society.
ASCRIBED STATUS- It is a social position assigned to individual
ACHIEVED STATUS- It is a social position which an individual assumes and reflects personal ability and effort.
MASTER STATUS- It shows a person's social identity and shapes a person's life.
ROLE CONFLICT- It is a conflict between the role associated with two or more status.
ROLE STRAIN- It is a tension between roles associated with single status.
INSTITUTION- It is a cluster of norms which performs a certain and functions.
SOCIALIZATION- It is a process by which individuals develop their potential or acquire culture.
RESOCIALIZATION- It refers to the radically changing an individual's personality by controlling
TOTAL INSTITUTION- It is a setting in which people are isolated from the rest of society and manipulated
staff.
DEVIANCE- It is a norm violation which ranges from simple breaches of etiquette to serious
SOCIAL CONTROL- It is an attempt by society to regulate a direct people's attitude and behavior.
SOCIAL STRATIFICATION- It is a hierarchical system that the society uses to divide people into levels based on
prestige.
CASTE SYSTEM- It is based on ascription on birth and allows little societal mobility.
CLASS SYSTEM- It is based on the system and allows social mobility, based on individual achievement.
ECONOMIC INSTITUTION- It is associated with the organization distribution or utilization of resources
POLITICAN INSTITUTION- It deals with allocating and rationalizing the use of power for the common good.
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION- It involves beliefs, practices relative to sacred things.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION- It is a tasked to provide members of society with important knowledge
including job and values.
COMMUNICATION ACCOMODATION THEORY- It is a theory why and how people modify their
communication to fit situational, social context.
CULTURE- It is a way of life of a group of people, the behaviors, the beliefs, values and symbols
SOCIETY- It is a group of people involved with each other, or large social groupings, sharing the same or social
territory.
DIALECT- It is the language used by the people of a specific area, class district, or any other
SOCIAL DIALECTS/ DIALECTS- These are motivated by the socio-economic status, level of education of the
speaker.
REGISTER/ STYLE- It refers to the varieties which are primarily determined by the relevant communication
MULTILINGUALISM- It is the ability of an individual speaker or a community of speakers to communicate
with more languages.
MONOLINGUALISM- It is the ability to use only one language.
POLYGOT/ MULTILINGUAL- A person who speak multiple language.
SIMULTANEOUS BILINGUAL- Someone who is raised speaking two or first language or mother tongue called
SEQUENTIAL BILINGUAL- Learning a second language is called