Sociology - Chapter 3
argot` - correct answer-specialized language used by members of a group or subculture
bilingualism - correct answer-use of 2 languages in a particular setting (work or school)
teaching each language as equally legitimate.
Charles Darwin - correct answer-founded on sociobiology Theory of Evolution - natural
selection
counterculture - correct answer-when a subculture conspicuously and deliberately opposes
certain aspects of the larger culture
cultural lag - correct answer-period of maladjustment when the nonmaterial culture is still
struggling to adapt to new material conditions. (Ogburn's work)
cultural relativism - correct answer-viewing people's behavior from the perspective of their
own culture It places a priority on understanding others cultures rather than dismissing as
strange or excotic.
cultural universals - correct answer-all societies have devloped certain common practices
and beliefs (ex: need for food, shelther and clothes)
cultural variation - conflict perpective - correct answer-contercultures questions the dominant
social order, ethncentrism devalues groups
cultural variation - feminist perpective - correct answer-cultural relativism respects variations
in the way men and woman are viewed in different societies.
cultural variation - interactionist perpective - correct answer-customs abd traditions are
transmitted through intergroup contact and through media
cultural variation -functionalist perscpective - correct answer-subcultures serve the interesrs
of subgroups, ethnocentrism reinforces group solidarity
cultural war - correct answer-polarization of society over controversial cultural elements
culture - correct answer-totality of learned, socially transmitted customs, knowledge, material
and behaviors. It includes the ideas,values and artifcatcts( ex. DVD, comic books, birth
control devices, etc)
culture and society - conflict perspective - correct answer-culture reflects society's dominant
ideology
culture and society - feminist perspective - correct answer-culture reflects society's view of
men and women
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