Sociology Chapter 3 Vocabulary

What are norms that lack moral significance?

• Folkways

• Mores

• Laws

• Reflexes

What is a specific territory inhabited by people who share a common culture

• More

• Culture

• society

• country

What is the knowledge, beliefs, customs, and values of a group of people

• society

• intelligence

• taboo

• culture

What are norms that are widely observed and have great moral significance

• Folkways

• Mores

• Laws

• Rules

These are rewards or punishments that can be applied by most members of a group

• informal sanctions

• formal sanctions

• mores

• offenses

These are rewards or punishments conferred by recognized officials

• informal sanctions

• formal sanctions

• mores

• offenses

These are rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members

• Taboos

• Norms

• Symbols

• Traditions

These are automatic responses to stimuli

• Instincts

• Drives

• Folkways

• Reflexes

This is an impulse to reduce discomfort

• Drive

• Reflex

• Instinct

• Norm

These are innate (unlearned) patterns of behavior

• Reflexes

• Folkways

• Instincts

• Drives