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Cultural capital
CULTURAL CAPITAL. The concept of cultural capital originated in the work of Pierre Bourdieu (1979, pp. 10, 12), who defined it as high cultural knowledge that ultimately redounds to the owner's financial and social advantage. An example would be knowing how to "dress for success." This cultural... Read more |
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Cognitive Theory
Cognitive TheoryBIBLIOGRAPHYWhat do people perceive, think, and know? How do people perceive, think, and know? These questions are of interest to both anthropology and psychology, but whereas psychology emphasizes the second question, the cultural sciences are primarily concerned with the first... Read more |
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Consumer culture
Consumer Culture In the West, childhood and child rearing are closely linked to the rise of consumer culture. Increased household wealth often freed children from work and harsh discipline, leaving time for play and increasing adult toleration. Beginning in the eighteenth century, consumer goods... Read more |
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Popular culture
POPULAR CULTURE POPULAR CULTURE. Few theoretical concepts are as value-laden as popular culture, and defining it can be likened to entering a minefield. And yet, it has proved a resilient and useful tool for assessing the attitudes and beliefs of the nonliterate masses in early modern society.... Read more |
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Culture of Poverty
Culture of Poverty BIBLIOGRAPHY The theory of a “culture of poverty Read more |
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Youth culture
Youth Culture Culture is among the most complicated words in the English language. It refers to the processes by which the symbolic systems (e.g., common sense, "usual way of doing things"; traditions and rituals, frameworks for understanding experience, etc.) characteristically shared by a group... Read more |
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Stool specimen analysis
Stool Culture Definition Stool culture is a test to identify bacteria in patients with a suspected infection of the digestive tract. A sample of the patient's feces is placed in a special medium where bacteria is then grown. The bacteria that grow in the culture are identified using a microscope... Read more |
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Corporate culture
Organizational Culture An organizational culture is defined as the shared assumptions, values, and beliefs that guide the actions of its members. Large organizations usually have a dominant culture (shared by the majority of the organization) and subcultures (represented by groups of individuals... Read more |
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Moral development
Moral DevelopmentInternalization versus situational factorsSome specific moral determinantsMajor questionsCulture and cultural agentsStages of moral developmentFactors in developmentNeurotic behaviorBIBLIOGRAPHYThe study of moral development has long been recognized as a key problem area in the... Read more |
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Ethnic relations
Ethnic Conflict BIBLIOGRAPHY Ethnicity culturally differentiates groups from one another based on each group’s prominent characteristics, including a common history, ancestry, language, as well as other kinds of symbols, dress, religion, and traditions. Ethnic affiliations do not... Read more |
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