Chapter Two (Culture Section 2)

Question 1

A segment of society that shares a distinctive pattern of mores, folkways, and values that differ from the pattern of the larger society:

Answer 1

Subculture

Question 2

Deliberately opposed to certain aspects of the dominant culture. These typically thrive among the young, who have the least investment in the existing culture:

Answer 2

Counterculture

Question 2

A specialized language within a subculture which distinguishes it from the wider society. Allows insiders – members of the subculture – to understand words with special meanings. It also establishes patterns of communication that outsiders can’t understand:

Answer 2

Argot

Question 3

An abstract system of word meanings and symbols for all aspects of culture. This not only describes reality, but it also serves to shape the reality of culture:

Answer 3

Language

Question 4

Language is culturally determined and serves to influence our mode of thought. There’s a relationship between the way in which we talk and how we perceive the world:

Answer 4

Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

Question 5

It states how we look at the world is largely determined by our thought processes and our language limits our thought processes:

Answer 5

Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

Question 6

It follows that people who speak different languages have different world views:

Answer 6

Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

Question 7

The belief that the products, styles, or ideas of one’s society are inferior to those that originate elsewhere:

Answer 7

Xenocentrism

Question 8

Certain thoughts of an individual in one language can’t be understood by those who live in another language. This states that the way people think is strongly affected by their native languages:

Answer 8

Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

Question 9

Occurs when a person feels surprised or disoriented due to experiencing cultural practices different from their own:

Answer 9

Culture Shock