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Sociology Unit 2 Exam Questions and Correct Answers All groups create norms to enforce their cultural values. - ANSWER True ____ help(s) sociologists and anthropologists understand practices that seem strange or different from those of their own culture. - ANSWER Cultural relativism Social control is - ANSWER the enforcing of norms through either internal or external means. Mores are norms that do not have great moral significance attached to them. - A...

NBPTS ENL Assessment Questions and Answers Graded A+ Krashen's monitor hypothesis Editor in our brain that tells us our utterances are correct. It is developed through language exposure. Implication: provide students with rich language experiences Krashen's natural order hypothesis Predictable order for acquiring language. Implications: can't be altered. Provide meaningful language exposure. Concentrate on the message. comprehensible input hypothesis L2 is acquired faster...

Anthropology Chapter 1-4 Latest Update Graded A physical anthropology the scientific study of humans from a biological perspective paleoanthropology asking questions about the emergence of of humans and how humans evolved up to the present time primatology the study of the evolutionary fossil record of our nearest living relatives (ie apes, monkeys, and prosimians) and the behavior of living populations in their natural habitats human variation deals with how and why the physical traits of co...

Cross-Cultural Psychology Exam 1 (Ch. 1-4) Questions and Answers Graded A+ What is culture? Creating tradition, rituals, identifying with a race or community based on your ancestors and the people you are around. Dynamic groups of individuals that share a similar context, are exposed to many similar cultural messages, and contain a broad range of individuals who are affected by those cultural messages in divergent ways. Any kind of information that is acquired from other members of one'...

Sociology Clep Exam Questions and Answers 100% pass Absolute poverty - Answer- A standard of poverty based on a minimum level of subsistence below which families should not be expected to exist. Achieved status - Answer- A social position attained by a person largely through his or her own efforts. Activity theory - Answer- An interactionist theory of aging that argues that elderly people who remain active will be best-adjusted. Adoption - Answer- In a legal sense, a process that allows ...

Cross-Cultural Psychology Exam 1 (Ch. 1-4) | 100% Correct | Verified | 2024 Version What is culture? - Creating tradition, rituals, identifying with a race or community based on your ancestors and the people you are around. Dynamic groups of individuals that share a similar context, are exposed to many similar cultural messages, and contain a broad range of individuals who are affected by those cultural messages in divergent ways. Any kind of information that is acquired from other me...

Chapter 03 Culture     
Multiple Choice Questions
  1. Anthropologist Horace Miner's description of the body ritual among the Nacirema is used to show 
A. cultural differences in what is considered "beautiful."
B. the effects of media on a person's body image.
C. the ability to learn something new about society.
D. how cultural sociology has evolved over the years.   
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Name: Chapter 02 - Culture True / False 1. Neither society nor culture could exist without the other. a. True b. False ANSWER: True 2. Culture is more important to the individual than it is to society. a. True b. False ANSWER: False 3. Culture works for humans the way that instincts work for other animals, guiding them through their daily lives. a. True b. False ANSWER: True 4. Books, computers, telephones, and washing machines are examples of material culture. a. True b. False ANSWER: ...

anthropology - The study of humanity, from its evolutionary origins millions of years ago to its current worldwide diversity. societies - Populations of people living in organized groups with social institutions and expectations of behavior. culture - The learned values, beliefs, and rules of conduct that are shared to some extent by the members of a society, and that govern their behavior with one another. symbolic culture - The ideas people have about themselves, others, a...

culture - correct answer the set of learned behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs that characterize a society or a people group universals - correct answer cultural traits that span across all cultures generalities - correct answer cultural traits that occur in many societies but not all of them particularities - correct answer ...