This is the complex system of meaning and behavior that defines the way of life for a given group or society.
What is culture?
100
These are the general standards of behavior adhered to by a group, such as dress or food or greeting.
What are folkways?
100
Norms that are understood without being expressed are known as these.
What are implicit norms?
100
This is known as "the" culture in society and it is the culture of the most powerful group in society.
What is dominant culture?
100
The theory that mass media reflects the values of the general population is known as this.
What is the reflection hypothesis?
200
By examining buildings, tools, and clothing, for example, sociologists consider this type of culture.
What is material culture?
200
These are the abstract standards that represent a society's ideal principles.
What are values?
200
Norms that are written or formally communicated are known as these.
What are explicit norms?
200
This term refers to cultures of the groups whose values and norms are different from those of the dominant culture.
What is subculture?
200
This is the idea that some resources, such as wealth or fame or education, fit with the values of the elite culture and give advantage to certain social groups.
What is cultural capital?
300
Ideas such as beliefs and values are examples of this kind of culture.
What is nonmaterial culture?
300
These are non-verbal components of language.
What are gestures?
300
When someone violates a social norm, he/she is likely to receive this, and it usually will reflect the severity of the violation.
What is a social sanction?
300
These groups arise as a reaction against the values and norms of the dominant culture.
What are countercultures?
300
When society and culture remain behind where they could be, despite technological advances, it is known as this.
What is culture lag?
400
In order to address the fact that culture varies across space and time, sociologists must consider culture within its historical and geographic contexts, which is know as this.
What is cultural relativism?
400
These are strict norms that control moral and ethical behavior, such as religious doctrine.
What are mores?
400
These are the strictest norms in society, and violation of them often brings most serious sanctions
What are taboos?
400
This includes the beliefs, practices and objects that are part of everyday life and is usually communicated by mass media.
What is popular culture?
400
This can be a source of cultural change, either through globalization or the influence of a subculture.
What is cultural diffusion?
500
The process by which culture is learned is known as this.
What is socialization?
500
Folkways, mores, and laws are all examples of these.
What are norms?
500
Sociologists who study human interaction by deliberately disrupting social norms and then observing the human response engage in this.
What is ethnomethodology?
500
In order to avoid being ethnocentric, or seeing the world only from one’s own cultural perspective, sociologists attempt to consider the perspectives of many groups, which is known as this.
What is multiculturalism?
500
The pervasive and excessive influence of one culture throughout society is known as this.