Chapter 2 quiz sociology
What is a cultural universal?
A cultural trait that occurs in all cultures.
What is a counter-culture?
A group, which has values in opposition to the dominant culture
The tendency to use our own group's ways of doing things as the yardstick for judging others is called:
Ethnocentrism
Which of the following best describes cultural diffusion?
The spread of culture over a specific geographic area
An example of _____ is the custom of maintaining a nine-month school year in the U.S. even though this custom no longer matches the current technology
cultural lag
When we practice ______ we try to understand a culture on its own terms.
cultural relativism
Serving turkey for thanksgiving dinner is an example of a:
folkway
_________ are some ways that we can use our bodies to communicate without words
gestures
A form of non-material culture,____ allows one generation to pass significant experiences along to the next generation.
language
The Sapir-Wharf hypothesis is based on the belief that:
language is the basis of culture
Jewelry, art, and buildings are all examples
material culture
A person who rapes or steals has violated a
more
Teaching your child that lying is wrong, then lying to your boss is an example of:
real culture
People in all societies have fundamental orientations toward life that they take for granted; these essentially determine the type of people they are. Sociologists call these orientations:
the culture within us
Two examples of ______ are incest taboos and courtship customs
universal human activities
