PSYC 3390 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cerebellum, Ejaculation, Twin Study
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Culture: total pattern of a group"s customs, beliefs, art, and technology. A group"s common way of life, passed on from one generation to the next. The west: us, canada, europe, australia, and new zealand. Usually refers to the majority culture in each of the countries. Majority culture: in any given society the culture that sets most of the norms and standards and holds most of the positions of political, economic, intellectual, and media power: ex: american majority culture white, middle-class. Society: group of people who interact in the course of sharing a common geographical area. Traditional culture: a culture that has maintained a way of life based on stable traditions passed from one generation the next. Young people: used as shorthand to refer to adolescents and emerging adults together. Wasn"t until the end 19th century and beginning of 20th century that adolescence became a widely used term. Historians call this range of years age of adolescence .
