Chapter 3 Flashcards
Photo Tallardy of learned socially transmitted customs, knowledge, material objects, and behavior is known as
A fairly large number of people who live in the same territory, are relatively independent of people outside it, and participate in a common culture
A society is
A fairly large number of people who live in the same territory, are relatively independent of people outside it, and participate in the common culture.
A society
Is the largest form of human group
Which of the following individuals is most closely associated with the concept of the culture industry?
Theodore Adorno
General customs and practices that are found in every culture are called
Cultural universals
The tendency to assume that one’s own culture and way of life represent the normal or are superior to all others is called
Ethnocentrism
Did his research, Georgia Murdoch determine which of the following to be a cultural Universal?
Funeral ceremonies
And American traveling abroad observes local eating chocolate covered crickets. She expresses discussed you were traveling companions. She is exhibiting
Ethnocentrism
Which of the following concepts employs the kind of value neutrality in scientific study that Max Weber size being so important?
Cultural relativism
Sociology is the systematic study of
How biology affects human behavior
Which is sociological perspective suggests that language and symbols offer a powerful way of subculture to feel cohesive and maintain its identity
Interactionist perspective
And abstract system of word meanings and symbols for all aspects of culture is called
Language
Which sociological perspective would argue that subcultures often emerge because the dominant society unsuccessfully attempted to suppress a practice regarded as improper, such as the use of illegal drugs
Conflict perspective
Facing forward in an elevator can be considered a
Informal norms
In American society, we often formalize Normas into
Laws
A law is
A form of government of social control
Informal norms are
Norms governing every day social behavior, the violation of which raises comparatively little concern.
Norms that are generally understood but not precisely recorded or known as
Informal norms
Mores are
Norms that are deemed highly necessary to the welfare of a society
Norms governing every day behavior, the violation of which raises comparatively little concerned, are known as
Values
John is pulled over by a police officer for speeding on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. He is given a fine of $120 and sent on his way. This fine is considered a
Sanction
Penalties and reward for a contact relating to the social norm Are known as
Sanctions
One example of a positive, formal sanction is a
Salary bonus
What term refers to the polarization of society over controversial cultural elements such as abortion, religious expression, gun control, and sexual orientation.
Culture war
