Sociology Unit 3 Review
True or False: Mores are norms which have little moral significance within a culture.
False
True or False: The term society refers to a shared way of life.
False
True or False: Values are defined as rules and expectations by which society guides the behavior of its member.
False
The tangible things created by members of a society are referred to as
Material Culture
______ norms tell us what we should do, while ______ norms tell us what we should not do
Prescriptive, proscriptive
The most popular music in the U.S. in 1998 (based on record sales) was
Rap
_____ _____ refers to the various means by which members of a society encourages conformity to norms.
Social Control
Five key components of culture are
Symbols, language, values, beliefs, norms, and technology
True or False: Cultural symbols often change over time, and even vary within a single society.
True
True or False: Cultural transmission is defined as a process by which culture is passed from one generation to the next.
True
True or False: Nonmaterial Culture refers to the intangible world of ideas created by members of a society
True
True or False: Social Sanctions, operating as a system of social control, can involve rewards or punishments.
True
True or False: Technology is defined as the knowledge that people apply to the task of living in their surroundings.
True
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
cultural shock
the practice of judging another culture by the standards of one's own culture
ethnocentrism
The old adage "do as I say, not a 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
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 to
norms
_______ refer to rule and expectations by which society guides the behavior of the members.
norms
Takes the form of rewards and punishments
sanctions
The organized interaction of people in a nation or within some other boundary is the definition for
society
Cultural patterns that set apart some segment of a society's population is termed
subculture
A _____ is anything that carries a particular meaning recognized by people why share a culture.
symbol
Anything that carries a particular meaning recognized by people who share a culture.
symbol
Knowledge that a society applies to the task if 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, and material objects that constitute a people's way of life.
Cultural ____- refers to the process by which one generation passes culture to the next
transmission.
Culturally defined standards of desirability, goodness, and beauty, which serve as broad guidelines for social living, is the definition for
values
Progress and freedom are examples of U.S.
values
Which of the following identifies two of the components of culture?
values and norms
While _____ are broad guidelines for social living, _____ are statements that people hold to be true.
values, beliefs
Symbols, a component of culture, can
vary from culture to culture, provide a foundation for the reality we experience, and vary within a given culture
