Culture

Question 1

Cultural assimilation

Answer 1

Process by which an individual’s or group’s behavior and culture begin to resemble that of another group.

Can also mean groups with different cultures begin to merge into one.

A melting pot

Question 2

Ethnic Enclaves

Answer 2

Locations (usually neighborhoods) with a high concentration of one specific ethnicity.

Question 3

Multicultaralism

Answer 3

Communities or societies containing multiple cultures. A celebration of coexisting cultures.

A cultural mosaic

Question 4

Subcultures

Answer 4

Groups of people within a cultures that distinguish themselves from the primary culture to which they belong.

Question 5

Counterculture

Answer 5

The subculture group gravitates toward an identity that is at odds with the majority culture and deliberately opposes the prevailing social mores.

Question 6

Ethnography

Answer 6

The study of cultures and customs

Question 7

Material culture

Answer 7

Sociologists explore the meaning of objects in a given society. Focused on artifacts like artwork, jewelry, clothing, tools, etc.

Question 8

Symbolic culture

Answer 8

Nonmaterial culture. Focuses on the ideas that represent a group of people. Encoded in mottos, songs, catchphrases, or themes in a culture.

SLOWER TO CHANGE

Question 9

Value vs. Belief

Answer 9

A value is what a person deems important in life and to which one dictates their ethical principles and standards of behavior

A belief is something that an individual accepts to be truth.