sociology test 1

Explain the difference between subcultures and countercultures and give an example of each.

-Subculture is a group of people who have basic and common beliefs with people in society. Like being a fan of One Direction. -Counterculture is a group that disagrees with basically everything in society like the KKK.

How are ideal culture and real culture different? Give an example of a situation in which ideal and real culture separate.

IDEAL CULTURE: the norms, values, and patterns of behavior that members of a society believe should be observed in principle. REAL CULTURE: the norms, values, and patterns of behavior that actually exist within a society

Which term describes a policy of honoring diverse racial ethnic, religious, linguistic, and national backgrounds?

Multiculturalism

Sociologist refer to the norms and values people aspire to as

ideal culture. Because the definition for ideal culture is " the norms, values, and patterns of behavior that members of a society believe should be observed in principle".

Which of the following is one of the functions of symbolic culture?

it allows people to communicate.

The Sapir- Whorf hypothesis suggests that:

language can structure our perception of reality, this is the correct answer because in the notes we took said " which is the idea that language structures thought, and that ways looking at the world are embedded in language, supports this premise Ex: "jocks" Jam, family guy"

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

subculture.

Unlike a folkway, a more is closely related to:

the core values of a group.