Sociology Midterm review

a __ is a kind of norm is that is so deeply ingrained in that the very thought of violating invokes feelings of disgust or horror

taboo

____ is defined as all that human beings learn to do to use to use to produce and to know and believe as they grow to maturity and live out their lives to which the culture group that they belong

A. culture

an example of something that would be part of a material culture(things that we make buildings, tools, books, stuff that's tangible) of an individual society would be?

A. weapons of war

one of the functions of symbolic culture is that

It enables people to communicate ( people picture things in their mind and are able to see it enables us to communicate)

it is now possible to travel all over the world especially if youve visited major metropolitican areas without ever having to eat anything but mcdonald's food this is an example of

cultural diffusion

New patterns of behavior connected with the Internet often conflict with traditional values. Conflicts such as these are thought by sociologists to be the result of:

cultural lag (when things change...... when there was a time when checks would go electronically to the bank the professor wasn't ready for this and she wanted to get her check like she always did which was in the mail ... she was experiencing cultural lag bc she wasn't ready for that)

Clashes over values in the United States, especially as represented by liberals and conservatives in the mass media, have been termed:

cultural wars

the term ______ refers to an entire way of life of a group of people

culture

which of the following is true?

culture is rooted in our genetic leaf for patterns of behavior culture depends on money of who has and shares not all humans groups have culture D. all human groups have culture the human group that has culture are better off than the one that doesn't

when immigrants encounter hostility because their manners are different they are experiencing what?

ethnocentrism

which of the following best represents the ranking of different types of norms from LEAST to MOST powerful or morally significant?

folkways(norms that are loosely used.... like going to the prom in a bathing suit), mores, and taboos (really horrible things like murder)

inherited units of biological materials are called

genes

sociologists refer to norms and values that people aspire to as ____ culture

ideal

what does Sapir-Whorf hypothesis purpose?

language can structure our perception and reality.

folkways are normally codified to provide a explicit statement about

loosely enforced norms involving common customs practices or procedures

which of the following describes a policy of honoring diverse, racial, ethnic, national, and linguistic backgrounds

multiculturalism (embrace everyone's differences)

patterns of behavior in ways of thinking and feeling that are distinctive to each individual constitutes that individuals what ?

personality

total institutions are associated with which process (prisons, military, just things that you learn new rules and a new way of living, and when you come out of those institutions you have to resocialize )

re socialization in places like military and prison that isolate and shape individuals

Incarceration,a frown, a monetary fine are all examples of

sanctions

Identify the means of enforcing norms that includes positive and negative versions.

sanctions. self inflicted making a good grade in the class could be positive making a bad grade could be negative

the process of social interaction that teaches a child the intellectual, physical, and social skills needed to function as a member of society is called

socialization