Sociology Unit 3 Review

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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


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