What term do sociologist use to refer to the process by which a cultural item spreads from group to group or society to society?

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The totality of learned, socially transmitted customs, knowledge, material objects, and behavior.

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A fairly large number of people who live in the same territory, are relatively independent of people outside it, and participate in a common culture.

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What is a cultural universal?

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A common practice or belief found in every culture.

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The process of introducing a new idea or object in a culture through discovery or invention.

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The process of making known or sharing the existence of an aspect of reality before.

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The combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not exist before.

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The process by which a cultural item spreads from group to group or society to society.

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Cultural information about how to use the material resources of the environment to satisfy human needs and desires.

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What is material culture?

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The physical or technological aspects of our daily lives.

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What is nonmaterial culture?

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Ways of using material objects, as well as customs, beliefs, philosophies, governments, and patterns of communication.

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A period of maladjustment when the nonmaterial culture is still struggling to adapt to new material conditions.

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The systematic study of how biology affects human social behavior.

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An abstract system of word meanings and symbols for all aspects of culture, includes gestures and other nonverbal communication.

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What is the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?

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A hypothesis concerning the role of language in shaping our interpretation of reality. It holds that language is culturally determined.

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An established standard of behavior maintained by a society.

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A norm that has been written down and that specifies strict punishments for violators.

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Governmental social control.

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What is an informal norm?

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A norm that is generally understood but not precisely recorded.

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Norms deemed highly necessary to the welfare of a society.

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Norms governing everyday behavior whose violation raises comparatively little concern.

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A penalty or reward for conduct concerning a social norm.

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A collective conception of what is considered good, desirable, and proper - or bad, undesirable, and improper - in a culture.

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What is dominant ideology?

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A set of cultural beliefs and practices that helps to maintain powerful social, economic, and political interests.

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A segment of society that shares a distinctive pattern of mores, folkways, and values that differs from the pattern of the larger society.

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Specialized language used by members of a group or subculture.

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A subculture that deliberately opposes certain aspects of the larger culture.

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The feeling of surprise and disorientation that people experience when they encounter cultural practices that are different from their own.

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The tendency to assume that one's culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others.

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What is cultural relativism?

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The viewing of people's behavior from the perspective of their own culture.

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The use of two or more languages in a particular setting, such as the work place or schoolroom.

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Are slang words an example of culture?

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Which anthropologist compiled a list of cultural universals?

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The identification of a new moon of Saturn was an act of?

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The distinction between elements of material and nonmaterial culture was made by which sociologist?

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What term did William F. Ogburn introduce to refer to the period of maladjustment when the nonmaterial culture is still adapting to new material conditions?

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Sociobiologists apply this man's principle of natural selection to the study of social behavior?

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The statement "respect your elders" reflects what?

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In the US , we often formalize norms into what?

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True are false: Norms can conflict with other norms?

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True or False: People follow norms in all situations.

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Health, love, and democracy are examples of what?

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Which theoretical perspective maintains that stability requires a consensus and the support of society's members?

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The functionalist perspective.

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Which sociological perspective argues that a common culture serves to maintain the privileges of some groups while keeping others in subservient position?

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The conflict perspective.

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Who argued that a capitalist society has a dominant ideology that serves the interests of the ruling class?

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Residents of a retirement community, workers on an offshore oil rig, and rodeo riders are all examples of what sociologists refer to as...

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Terrorist groups are examples of what?

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