Sociology Culture Quiz

Cultural patterns that are a separate part of a segment of society's population is known as a/an:

• Suburb

• Subgroup

• Counterculture

• Counterintelligence

Judging one culture based on the beliefs and values of another is known as:

• Afrocentrism

• Judgementalism

• Egocentrism

• Ethnocentrism

A subgroup that pushes back on the mainstream culture in an attempt to change how society functions is known as the:

• Subgroup

• Radical Culture

• Counterculture

• Marginalized

The spread of cultural traits from one culture to another is known as:

• Cultural Immersion

• Cultural Diffusion

• Counterculturalism

• Cultural Inclusion

There can be a culture without a society

• True

• False

A ________ is practiced by enough people that it becomes accepted to be a trait of the cultural group.

• custom

• holiday

• habit

_____________ are rewards for appropriate behavior or penalties for inappropriate behavior.

• Folkways

• Mores

• Taboos

• Sanctions

Mores can be defined as _____________.

• norms that are not strictly enforced

• essential to our core values and require conformity

• customs that ensure smooth interaction

• less important in contemporary studies

An example of high culture is ____________, whereas an example of popular culture would be ____________.

• marijuana; baby shark song

• Clash of Clans; the Voice

• political theory; sociological theory

• opera; the avengers

What is one advantage of language for humans?

• it helps humans develop drives and reflexes

• it frees humans from the limits of time and place

• it separates humans into distinct social groups

• it alters the genetic characteristics of humans