Shared products of human groups, which include both physical objects and the beliefs, values, and behaviors shared by the group.

A group of interdependent people who have organized in such a way as to share common culture and have a feeling of unity.

A group with its own unique values, norms, and behaviors that exist within a larger culture.

A group that rejects the values, norms, and practices of the larger society and replaces them with a new set of cultural patterns.

Culture includes which of the following?

Which of the following is true about culture in the United States?

Which of the following is NOT an example of cultural universals?

Although many Americans speak various languages, English is the principle language of what?

Why is family an important cultural universal?

Because Americans believe in Individualism and Competition they think each person should try to succeed to the best of their ability.

Belief in discipline, dedication and effort regardless of rewards.

Americans have a strong sense of right and wrong and believe in Justice and Charity towards others.

Americans are an inventive people with a belief that every problem has a solution and seek to find new and useful ways to do things.

Belief that every person has the right to express themselves and freely participate in voting for Representatives in the government.

Belief that through hard work and using Science and technology we can raise our standard of living and improve our lives.

Belief that all individual deserve a reasonable chance to succeed and access to the same opportunities.

A feeling of extreme self-centeredness.

The process of spreading cultural traits from one society to another.

Norms that have great moral significance.

Norms that do not have great moral significance attached to them-the common customs of everyday life.

Shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations.

Culture can be separated into material and non material culture.

Technology includes only tools or other material objects we use.

Sociologist use cultural relativism to avoid bias when studying other cultures.

Breaking a folkway usually results in a reprimand or minor punishment.

Norms are the actual behavior of individuals in society.

Police/law enforcement would be an example of an occupation based subculture.

Globalization has greatly slowed down the speed of cultural diffusion.

Emo, hipster and goth and some examples of subcultures in the US.

Breaking a social more is not a big deal in society.

Symbols like the American flag have shared meaning in our culture.

Some countercultures can actually be a threat to the stability of society.