Sociology Test #2

True

A cultural group that exists harmoniously within a larger, dominant culture is called a subculture.

culture

According to your text, _____________ is the entire way of life for a group of people.

material

Artwork, jewelry, and weapons are examples of ....... culture

feral

Children who are raised without human interaction, or with a minimum of human contact, are referred to as ______________ children.

False

Conflict theory views culture as the "glue" that holds society together.

value

Freedom is considered a core American

mores

If you cheat on exams, you are breaking what sociologists call:

material

Items such as art, weapons, eating utensils, and clothing are what type of culture?

gesture

Nonverbal communications done with ones body are called

gender socialization

Parents often buy their children gender-specific toys. Boys get action figures that encourage active and aggressive play; girls get dolls and toy ovens that encourage domestic life. This is part of what process?

True

Sociologists refer to norms and values that people aspire to as ideal culture (e.g. "I really think of myself as a good student, and that's what I want to be").

subculture

The Amish are an example of this ........

dominant

The culture that is considered the norm in a society

taboo

The incest ....... is universal

culture

The lens by which we view everything around us;

Folkways

These are norms that aren't strictly enforced

ethnocentrism

Using your own culture to judge another's

Non material

Value, beliefs, assumptions are ...... culture

relativism

When a person tries to understand another person's culture, this is called cultural ......

False

When children pretend to be a firefighter, mommy, princess, or doctor, they take on the role of the generalized other.

leveling

When cultures that were once distinct become extremely similar, this is culture......

True

When cultures that were once distinct become increasingly similar, sociologists call this cultural leveling.

Lag

When material culture changes before nonmaterial, this is called cultural.....

cultural

When one's country's ideas start to spread to another's, this is called ......... diffusion

culture shock

When some foods, even delicacies like grub worms in Thailand, can turn the stomach of some people, we would say "these some people" are experiencing ____________________.