Sociology: Culture

What cultural terms refers to the groups that share a specific identification, apart from a society’s majority, even as the members exist within a larger society?

• Counter Culture

• High Culture

• Popular Culture

• Subculture

German Nazi regime believed that they were a superior race and considered Jews as an inferior race. This reflects a/ an _____________.

• Ethnocentrism

• Cultural Relativism

• Cultural More

• Subculture

What is a subculture?

• A culture that is different from other cultures and less good.

• An underwater culture.

• A smaller group with distinctive norms and values that is different to the mainstream majority group.

• A little group of people with norms and values which are similar to the mainstream group.

Studies have shown that in some tribal cultures, it is normal to have multiple wives. While it is not considered legal or common practice in many parts of the world, researches believe that an individual’s norms and actions should be understood by others in terms of that individual’s own cultural context. This concept is referred to as:

• Cultural boundaries

• Cultural interpretation

• Cultural relativism

• Cultural sensitivity

Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.

• Religion

• Philosophy

• Culture

• Society

Americans believe that the democracy is the best form of government. This reflects a/an_______________.

• Ethnocentrism

• Cultural Relativism

• Cultural Transmission

• Subculture

Sushi and other culturally Japanese foods have become widely accepted outside of Japan. There are now Japanese restaurants everywhere in the US. There are even American versions of Japanese food, such as the “California roll”. This is an example of _

What a group holds to be important

• laws

• values

• folkways

Groups that go directly against the main culture are known as _____________________.

• subcultures

• counter cultures

• cultural variations

Judging a culture based off the values and principles of your own culture is known as:

• ethnocentrism

• xenophobia

• racism