Components of Cultural Change
Cultural Variation
Values
Social Control
Social Change
100
consists of all the shared products of human groups
What is culture
100
The organized crime families are examples of _______.
What is countercultures
100
a commitment to the full development of one's personality, talents, and potential.
What is self-fulfillment
100
the process by which a norm becomes a part of an individual's personality, conditioning that individual to conform to society's expectations
What is internalization
100
long-term conscious effort to promote or prevent social change
What is social movement
200
The separate complexes of baseball, basketball, football, swimming, and tennis could form a ______ ______.
What is culture pattern
200
Most _______ do not reject all of the values and practices of the larger society, but still hold on to their own distinct cultural practices.
What are subcultures
200
Too much self-fulfillment can lead to ________.
What is narcissism
200
A ________is an action that rewards a particular kind of behavior, and a _______ is a punishment or the threat of punishment used to enforce conformity.
What is positive sanction and negative sanction
200
The two ways new technologies arise.
What is discovery and invention
300
These are used to enforce cultural vales
What are norms
300
Researchers who practice _________ attempt to understand cultural practices from the points of view of the members of the society being studied.
What is cultural relativism
300
Americans tend to believe that citizens have the right to express their opinions and to participate freely in choosing their representatives in government. This would fall under which traditional American value?
What is Equality and Democracy
300
a spontaneous expression of approval or disapproval given by an individual or group.
What is informal sanction
300
This occurs when cultures adapt to borrowed cultural traits
What is reformulation
400
societies have established punishments for violating mores in order to protect the social well being. These serious mores are formalized as ________.
What are laws
400
Too much of this can cause culture to stagnate or stop growing.
What is ethnocentrism
400
This person saw self-fulfillment as a positive thing
Who is Daniel Yankelovich
400
a reward or punishment given by an organization such as a school, business, or government.
What is formal sanction
400
Today, with mass transportation and instant communication through radio, television, the telephone, and the Internet,_________ takes place constantly.
What is diffusion
500
The game of football is a ______ ______ that involves a variety of traits.
What are culture complexes
500
These might include dancing, feasting, forms of greeting, housing, language, and body adornment
What are cultural universals
500
This sociologists suggested that additional values such as education should be included in the list of "American values."
Who is James M. Henslin
500
The two basic ways norms are enforced
What is internalization and sanctions
500
This type of social change probably brings about the greatest change in the least amount of time
What wars and conquest
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