Chapter 3 Sociology Test

culture is transmitted or internalized over

a long period of time

difference between counter and sub culture

both distinct from mainstream culture counter culture actively opposes subculture is just a culture within another culture

group going against values and norms of the dominant culture hippys reject norms of culture

counter culture

ability to understand other cultures

culture relativism

The values, norms, and practices of the most powerful group within a society are called

dominant culture

when one uses their own group as a standard for judging others

ethnocentrism

Margaret Mead said US is best place to raise a child

example of ethnocentrism

informal rules and guidelines for behavior

folkway

example of sapir-whorf hypothesis

indigenous people that dont have words for world and planet so they have a different perception of the world

the body ritual among nacirema shows _

its difficult to see our own culture

coca cola was once a medicine for patients that had cocaine in it, however now it is banned, this is an example of

mainstream behavior that is now considered wrong

jill visiting her boyfriends family in china and points with her finger which is seen as bad in china shows _

meaning of gestures are not universal

policy of honoring different aspects of cultures

multiculturism

monitary fines, harsh words, and shaking fist are examples of

negative sanctions

norms are enforced in everyday settings by

sanctions

positive or negative things that react to norms

sanctions

A married man in the United States with several mistresses is violating a ________, but he is violating a ________ if he is married to more than one woman at the same time.

set of mores, law

a culture that lives within another culture

subculture

bodybuilders are an example of a

subculture

belonging to a political party is an example of

symbolic culture

drinking blood is an example of a

taboo

eating insects in the us is an example of a

taboo

norm so deeply ingrained that just thinking about it is bad

taboo

ethnocentric people view other cultures as different because _

they use their environment as a standard