Chapter 3 Study Guide Sociology

Tangible human creations are called

Artifacts

Specific statements that people hold to be true refer to

Beliefs

Cultural patterns that strongly oppose those widely accepted within a society

Counterculture

The personal disorientation that accompanies exposure to an unfamiliar way of life is termed

Culture shock

Anything that carries a particular meaning recognized by which a society guides the behavior of its member

Ethnocentrism

The practice of judging another culture by the standards of one's own culture

Ethnocentrism

Mores are norms which have little moral significance within a culture

False

The term society refers to a shared way of life

False

Values are defined as rules and expectations by which society guides the behavior of its members

False

The old adage "do as I say, not as I do" illustrates the distinction between

Ideal and real culture

A system of symbols that allows members of a society to communicate with one other is the definition of

Language

The tangible things created by members of society are referred to as

Material Culture

Rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members

Norms

Rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members refers

Norms

______Refers to the rules and expectation by which a society guides the behavior of the members

Norms

________Norms tell us what we should do, while_________ norms tell us what we should not do.

Prescriple, Prosuption

Takes the form of rewards and punishments

Sanctions

________ refers to the various means by which members of a society encourage conformity to norms.

Social Control

The organized interaction of people in a nation or within some other boundary is the definition for.

Society

Five key components of culture are

Syable, Lass, Values, Relief, Norms Tech

A ______ is anything that carries a particular meaning recognized by people who share a culture

Syme

Knowledge that people apply to the task of living in their surroundings refers to

Tech

Knowledge that a society applies to the task of living in a physical environment

Technology

Knowledge that people apply to the task of living in their surroundings refers to

Technology

Culture is

The beliefs, values, behavior, and material objects that constitute a people's way of life

Culturasl________refers to the process by which one generation passes culture to the next

Transmission

Cultural symbols often change over time, and even vary within a single society.

True

Cultural transmission is defined as a process by which culture is passed from one generation to the next

True

Social Sanctions, operating as a system of social control, can involve rewards or punishments.

True

Technology is defined as the knowledge that people apply to the task of living in their surroundings

True

non material culture refers to the intangible world of ideas created by members of society

True

While_______are broad guidelines for social living, Beliefs are statements that people hold to be true

Value, Belief

Progress and freedom are examples of U.S.

Values

Which of the following identifies two of the components of culture

Values and norms

Symbols, a component of culture, can

all of the above

Cultural patters that set apart some segment of a society's population is termed

subculture

Culturally defined standards of desirability, goodness, and beauty, which serve as broad guidelines for social living, is the definition for

values