Sociology quiz 3 study guide

Horace Miner illustrates what point in his famous article, "Body Ritual among the Nacirema" (1956)?

It is very easy to fail to see one's own culture, precisely because it is taken for granted.

What is the definition of culture?

all of the above

The spread of Starbucks Coffee Company throughout China is an example of

cultural diffusion.

Understanding cultures within their own context, rather than judging or evaluating according to one's own culture.

cultural relativism

The tendency to use your own group's way of doing things as the yardstick for judging others is called:

ethnocentrism

In the United States, it is against the law to rob a bank. This law is a/an

formal norm

The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis states that

language structures and frames our thoughts.

Josie wore a pair of short shorts to school. They were against the rules. Because this was the third time that she had broken the same rule, the principal gave her a detention. This was a type of

negative sanction.

Wearing your seatbelt is an example of a _____ that has changed over time.

norm

A culture's values and norms are a part of their _____________________.

symbolic culture