Sociology Quiz 3

The totality of learned, socially transmitted customs, knowledge, material objects, and behavior is known as

• culture

• society

• socialization

• social structure

A society is

• the totality of learned, socially transmitted behavior

• 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

• the norm, values, and beliefs of a large group of people

• all of these answers are correct

General customs and practices that are found in every culture are called

• culture integration

• culture diffussion

• culture universals

• culture relativism

which of the following is considered a culture universal?

• athletic sports

• war

• money restrictions

• none of these answers is correct

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

• culture shock

• culture relativism

• ethnocentrism

• value stability

Sociobiology is the systematic study of

• social structure within the animal kingdom

• interactions between human and higher animal forms

• the social bases of biological behaviour

• how biology affects human social behavior

An abstract system of word meaning and symbols for all aspects of culture is called

• material culture

• sanctioning

• language

• an argot

Informal norms are

• norms governing everyday social behavior, the violation of which raises comparatively little concern

• deemed highly necessary to the welfare of society

• made by a government for a society, interpreted by the courts, and backed by the power of the state

Mores are

• norms governing everyday social behavior, the violation of which raises comparatively little concern

• norms that are deemed highly necessary to the welfare of society

• norms that are made by a government for a society, interpreted by the courts, and backed by the power of the state

• none of these answers is correct

Penalties and rewards for conduct relating to a social norm are known as

• folkways

• mores

• values

• sanctions