Sociology #2

The language, beliefs, values and even material objects that characterize a group and can be through generations is

• Culture

• Ethnocentrism

• Bias

• Case Study

The use of one’s own culture as a yardstick for judging the ways of other individuals (usually negative)

• Gestures

• Ethnocentrism

• Folkways

• Symbol

Something to which people attach meaning and then use to communicate with one another

• Symbols

• Mores

• Sub culture

• Sociobiology

Edward Sapir and Benjamin Whorf’s hypothesis that language creates ways of thinking and perceiving

• Marx-Dubois Hypothesis

• Sapir-Whorf Analysis

• Tom and Jerry Special

• Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

A norm so strong that it often brings revulsion if violated

• Mores

• Subculture

• Taboo

• Ethnocentrism

Folkways are norms that are not strictly enforced

• True

• False

Robin M. Williams identified core American Values in 1970.

• True

• False

Not judging a culture but trying to understand it on its own terms

• Culture Shock

• Nonmaterial Culture

• Activism

• Cultural Relativism

The term "Cultural Lag" for human behavior lagging behind technological innovations was coined by

• Marx

• Ogburn

• Addams

• Kanye

Group whose values, beliefs, norms, and related behaviors place its members in opposition to the broader culture

• Sanctions

• Counterculture

• Scooby-Doo and the gang

• Tabooist