Unit 2: Ch. 3 Test Review

What are cultural norms?

• Rules that dictate what is considered normal in a specific culture

• The study of ancient cultures

• Objects that hold cultural significance

• Beliefs that are universally accepted across all cultures

Which of the following best defines cultural values?

• The inherited ideas based on what is wrong and right, which guide individuals' behavior within a society.

• The physical artifacts created by a society.

• The universal practices found in every culture.

• The biological drives present in all humans.

What is a taboo?

• A popular trend that spreads rapidly in a culture

• A rule that forbids specific behavior with severe social sanctions

• A cultural practice that is adopted by almost all societies

• A belief in supernatural powers

Mores are:

• Informal norms that may result in a raised eyebrow if violated

• Strongly held norms that may result in legal penalties if violated

• The physical expressions of a culture, such as art and buildings

• The tools and technologies developed by a society

The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis suggests that:

• People's behavior is primarily determined by their instincts

• The structure of a language affects its speakers' worldview or cognition

• All human societies develop in a linear progression

• Cultural values are the same across different societies

Cultural universals are:

• Unique cultural practices found in only one culture

• Elements, patterns, traits, or institutions that are common to all human cultures worldwide

• The specific customs, traditions, and practices of a particular culture

• The belief in one universal culture shared by all humans

Counterculture refers to:

• The dominant culture in a society

• A subculture that deliberately opposes certain aspects of the larger culture

• The process by which one culture adopts the traits of another

• The universal culture that integrates all human cultures

In sociology, a drive is:

• A biological need that demands satisfaction

• A cultural artifact

• A universally accepted norm

• A type of counterculture

Beliefs in sociology refer to:

• The physical expressions of a culture

• The tools and technologies developed by a society

• The convictions or principles that people hold to be true

• The inherited ideas based on what is wrong and right

Instincts are:

• Learned behaviors that people acquire through socialization

• Innate, biologically determined behavior patterns common to all members of a species

• The cultural practices adopted by almost all societies

• The rules that dictate what is considered normal in a specific culture