US Society Values
Vocab
Symbolic Cultures
Subcultures and Countercultures
Language and Gestures
100
Who first categorized values in US society in 1965?
Robin Williams
100
Indicates language forces itself into our consciousness rather than objects
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
100
Two primary ways of communication
Gestures and Language
100
Give an example of a counterculture.
Answers may vary. (Satanists, Cannibals, Hermits)
100
True or False: All gestures mean the same thing around the world.
False - duh!
200
What is the ideal that someone can rise to the top of society from the bottom?
Individualism
200
Tendency to use our own groups ways of doing things as a yardstick for judging others
Ethnocentism
200
Give an example of a folkway.
Answers may vary. (Speeding, talking in a movie about the nave, etc.)
200
Give an example of a subculture.
Answers may vary. (Rodeos, Firefighters, Doctors, etc.)
300
An emphasis on personal kindness, aid in mass disasters, and organized philanthropy.
Humanitarianism
300
Any form of tool
Technology
300
Give an example of a more.
Answers may vary. (Theft, Murder, Rape, etc.)
300
True or False: You can belong to more than one subculture.
True
300
What allows human experiences to be cumulative?
Language
400
Feeling that "every true American ought to be religious."
Religiosity
400
A norm so strongly engraved that even the thought of its violation is greeted with revulsion
Taboo
400
Give an example of a taboo.
Answers probably won't vary. (Incest, Eating Human Flesh)
400
True or False: Countercultures are always negative.
False
400
True or False: Expressions of angry are primarily built into our biological makeup.
True:(
500
What three values were added after Williams's list in 1965?
Education, Religiosity, and Romantic Love
500
Reactions people receive for following or breaking the norms
Sanctions
500
True or False: Sanctions are always the negative response to a someone's behavior toward a norm.
False.
500
True or False: Most subcultures are compatible with the values of the dominant culture.
True
500
A physical shorthand for language.
Gestures.
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