Sociology Unit 2 Culture Part 2 Review

The values, norms, and practices of the most powerful group within a society are called the:

• A. dominant culture.

• B. cultural leveler.

• C. moral holiday.

• D. symbolic culture

A cultural group that exists harmoniously within a larger, dominant culture is called a:

• A. counterculture.

• B. cultural spin-off.

• C. social group.

• D. subculture.

When the dominant culture succeeds in imposing its values and ideas on all of society, it is known as:

• A. relativism.

• B. hegemony.

• C. cultural diffusion.

• D. cultural leveling.

Sociologists use which of the following terms to describe a group whose values and norms oppose the dominant culture?

• A. subculture.

• B. dominant culture.

• C. counterculture.

• D. subordinate culture.

What do sociologists call the norms and values that people actually follow?

• A. real culture

• B. ideal culture

• C. applied culture

• D. normative culture

How is a subculture different from a counterculture?

• A. Members of a subculture actively protest and fight to change society, while members of a counterculture drop out of society.

• B. Both are distinct from mainstream culture, but only members of a subculture actively oppose important aspects of mainstream culture.

• C. Subcultures are always smaller than countercultures.

• D. Both are distinct from mainstream culture, but a counterculture actively opposes important aspects of the mainstream culture.

A culture war is best illustrated by which of the following examples?

• A. one Democrat and two Republicans serving together as county commissioners

• B. antiabortion advocates demonstrating in front of a family-planning clinic

• C. Christians celebrating Easter, Jews celebrating Passover, and Muslims celebrating Ramadan

• D. the existence of both a football team and a debate team in many high schools

Sociologists refer to the norms and values that people aspire to as:

• A. applied culture.

• B. normative culture.

• C. ideal culture.

• D. symbolic culture.

When Patti Sue took her world tour, she had lunch at McDonald's in Tokyo, ate dinner at Hard Rock Cafe in Hong Kong, purchased clothes at Macy's in London, and was entertained at a Disney show featuring Mickey Mouse and Pluto in Paris. This homogenization of cultures around the world is called:

• A. technological transfer.

• B. cultural leveling.

• C. cultural lag.

• D. cultural diffusion.

The view that technology is the single greatest influence on society today is a concept known as

• A. technological diffusion.

• B. ethnocentrism.

• C. technological relativism.

• D. technological determinism