Week 2 + Chapt. 3

Question 1

Norms and values

Answer 1

Norms - what is appropriate
Values - what is good and bad

Question 2

Social mobility meaning

Answer 2

The degree to which social status can change within a culture

Question 3

Horizontal social mobility

Answer 3

Change in social situation that does not affect status (change from one work department to another)

Question 4

Conspicuous meaning

Answer 4

Rich people buying brands with signals for everyone that they are rich items

Question 5

Inconspicuous meaning

Answer 5

Rich people buying brands which signals only insiders that they are the same as them

Question 6

Trickle-down effect

Answer 6

Tren which started in upper class and copied by lower class

Question 7

Prominence meaning

Answer 7

Intensity of stimuli that cause them to stand out

Question 8

Absolute treshold of stimuli

Answer 8

The minimum level of stimulus needed for stimulus to be perceived

Question 9

Weber’s law

Answer 9

The stronger the initial stimulus, the greater the additional intensity needed for the second stimulus to be perceived as different