Sociology Midterm review
a __ is a kind of norm is that is so deeply ingrained in that the very thought of violating invokes feelings of disgust or horror
taboo
____ is defined as all that human beings learn to do to use to use to produce and to know and believe as they grow to maturity and live out their lives to which the culture group that they belong
A. culture
an example of something that would be part of a material culture(things that we make buildings, tools, books, stuff that's tangible) of an individual society would be?
A. weapons of war
one of the functions of symbolic culture is that
It enables people to communicate ( people picture things in their mind and are able to see it enables us to communicate)
it is now possible to travel all over the world especially if youve visited major metropolitican areas without ever having to eat anything but mcdonald's food this is an example of
cultural diffusion
New patterns of behavior connected with the Internet often conflict with traditional values. Conflicts such as these are thought by sociologists to be the result of:
cultural lag (when things change...... when there was a time when checks would go electronically to the bank the professor wasn't ready for this and she wanted to get her check like she always did which was in the mail ... she was experiencing cultural lag bc she wasn't ready for that)
Clashes over values in the United States, especially as represented by liberals and conservatives in the mass media, have been termed:
cultural wars
the term ______ refers to an entire way of life of a group of people
culture
which of the following is true?
culture is rooted in our genetic leaf for patterns of behavior culture depends on money of who has and shares not all humans groups have culture D. all human groups have culture the human group that has culture are better off than the one that doesn't
when immigrants encounter hostility because their manners are different they are experiencing what?
ethnocentrism
which of the following best represents the ranking of different types of norms from LEAST to MOST powerful or morally significant?
folkways(norms that are loosely used.... like going to the prom in a bathing suit), mores, and taboos (really horrible things like murder)
inherited units of biological materials are called
genes
sociologists refer to norms and values that people aspire to as ____ culture
ideal
what does Sapir-Whorf hypothesis purpose?
language can structure our perception and reality.
folkways are normally codified to provide a explicit statement about
loosely enforced norms involving common customs practices or procedures
which of the following describes a policy of honoring diverse, racial, ethnic, national, and linguistic backgrounds
multiculturalism (embrace everyone's differences)
patterns of behavior in ways of thinking and feeling that are distinctive to each individual constitutes that individuals what ?
personality
total institutions are associated with which process (prisons, military, just things that you learn new rules and a new way of living, and when you come out of those institutions you have to resocialize )
re socialization in places like military and prison that isolate and shape individuals
Incarceration,a frown, a monetary fine are all examples of
sanctions
Identify the means of enforcing norms that includes positive and negative versions.
sanctions. self inflicted making a good grade in the class could be positive making a bad grade could be negative
the process of social interaction that teaches a child the intellectual, physical, and social skills needed to function as a member of society is called
socialization