Quiz 3

Countercultural groups such as the hippies of the 1960s

rejected the norms of the dominant culture

The ability to understand another culture in terms of that culture's own norms and values, without reference to any other culture's standards, is called

cultural relativism.

The famous anthropologist Margaret Mead said that the United States of America is the best place to raise a female child. Her assertion is an example of

ethnocentrism.

Why do ethnocentric people tend to view other cultures as abnormal?

They use their own culture as a standard of judgment.

How are norms enforced in everyday settings?

by sanctions

The article "Body Ritual among the Nacirema" is useful to sociologists because it

challenges people's inability to observe their own cultures.

There are many sushi restaurants in the United States and many McDonald's-style fast-food restaurants in Japan. This is an example of

cultural diffusion.

The values, norms, and practices of the most powerful group within a society are called

dominant culture

Which of the following is an example of a taboo in American society?

incest

Which of the following sequences lists norms in the correct order, from the most strictly enforced to the least?

taboos, mores, folkways