Sociology Chapter 2 Test Questions
2 things infants are born with that help them survive - correct answer-reflexes, drive
3 Different types of norms - correct answer-More, Folkway, Law, Taboo
3 Examples of material culture - correct answer-Flag, Cross, Our School
3 things that could cause your society to change - correct answer-Values and beliefs,
technology, population, diffusion, physical environment, war and conquest
55 speed limit, your driving 60, your behavior is referred to as - correct answer-Real Norm
a group that accepts the dominant culture but has its own unique culture - correct
answer-Subculture
Define cultural universals and cultural particulars and explain the reason for both. - correct
answer-Cultural Universals- traits that exist in all cultures (basic needs, leisure acitivities,
communication/education)
Cultural Particulars- the way in which a culture expresses their cultural traits
Define Ethnocentrism - correct answer-Judge Cultures from your perspective of culture
Define Society - correct answer-Group of people in a region that share a culture
Difference between invention and discovery - correct answer-Invention is made up,
Discovery was already there
Doctora writes you up for chewing gum in class - correct answer-Negative formal sanction
Ex in our culture of a difference between our real culture and our ideal culture - correct
answer-everyone is treated equally, but in reality not all people are
Ex of formal and informal sanction - correct answer-Formal: speeding ticket- Informal: pat on
the back
Example of a gesture being defined uniquely in different cultures - correct answer-Thumbs
up to us means good job, in another it may be like the middle finger
Explains why groups resist social change - correct answer-Vested Interest
Form of social change which happens when a trait from one culture passes to another -
correct answer-Cultural Diffusion
Give an example of an agreed upon taboo - correct answer-Canibalism
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