Name the five (5) components of culture.

What are the four (4) types of Norms?

The learned set of beliefs, values, norms, and material goods shared by group members is called ________.

Nonmaterial culture refers to the mental blueprints that serve as guidelines for group behavior that includes language, beliefs, values, norms, and attitudes.

Shared ideas about what is socially desirable, good or bad, beautiful or ugly are called ________.

The understanding that people are fundamentally good and should therefore be allowed to participate freely and equally in their government is a key to American democracy. This is which element of American culture?

A complex system of symbols with conventional meanings that people use for communication is called ________.

Encouraging students at Prospect High School to become civically engaged and advocates for their rights is which element of PHS culture?

California culture includes General American English as a cultural element. Because of this Californian's speak with a...

Many regional accents in the Northeast United States, most notably in Boston and New York, are Non-Rhotic. Because of this the following words sound similar...

Being heavily influenced by Mexican Spanish, Chicano culture has developed a cultural variation in English that makes the following words sound the similar...

How are Norms enforced?

A scope of behavior considered acceptable and defined as acceptable is the ________.

Taboos, mores, laws, and folkways are collectively classified as ________.

Eating human flesh and sibling sex both qualify as ________ because they are behaviors that members of a group consider as being repugnant and unthinkable.

The classification of a norm as being either a folkway, more, or taboo is based primarily on...

A man walking into a grocery store wearing a face mask but without a shirt on is violating variations of norms called a ________; in the same store, a woman who walks in topless is violating a ________.

What term explains the following social interaction: Despite posted speed limits cops often decide the acceptable speed over the limit someone can drive without writing a ticket.

Because technically the breaking of a law is violating a Norm, and so by definition deviant, it is never possible for an action to be criminal but not deviant.

Which statement is MOST accurate in describing deviance and conformity?

Of the following variables, which is perhaps the MOST influential in deviance and conformity?

Groups that share many elements of the mainstream culture but maintain their own distinctive customs, values, norms, and lifestyles are called ________.

Tastes and creations supported and used by the upper classes to distinguish themselves from those beneath them in the social hierarchy are called ________.

What people should do according to group norms and values is referred to as ideal culture, while what people actually do in everyday social interaction is referred to as real culture.

Eating caviar, drinking champagne, and flying first class are examples of ________ culture, while eating a burger at 5 Guys and going to the movies are referred to as ________ culture.

Pockets of foreign born immigrants who dominate certain sections of a city such as Chinatown, Little Italy, and Polish Hill where the people enjoy a lifestyle distinctively different from that of the mainstream culture qualify sociologically as examples of ________.

(Violins and Fiddles are the same instrument)

This cartoon illustrates the difference between ____________ culture and ___________ culture.

How would we classify Ballet in American Culture?

Due to the influence of television shows like Dancing with the Stars, how could we classify Ballroom dancing in American Culture?

How would we classify Square dancing in American Culture?

How would we classify Hip-Hop dancing in American Culture?

Which form of dance is commonly taught in American public schools?

Which perspective views society as a set of interrelated parts that work together to produce a stable social system?

Within a social system how do Structural-Functionalist label things that are unintended consequences?

Which perspective studies different groups that compete for power?

The Activity theory of Aging suggests that as people grow old they don't disengage from society but seek new roles to remain engaged.

This theory comes from which perspective?

Disengagement Theory of Aging is based on the understanding that as people age they are less able to fulfill their social roles and need to step aside to make room for younger generations.

This theory comes from which perspective?

The sociological perspective that sees aging as "preparation for death" and that the elderly can sometimes be considered as "social junk" is...

The Conflict Perspective on Aging theorizes that as people age they are eventually displaced in the social order by younger generations because these generations have...

A pattern of interaction in which individuals, groups, and societies work together to achieve shared goals is which Pattern of Social Interaction?

John was bumped into at a bar and spilled his drink. He yelled at the guy who bumped him. In turn the guy stepped up and shoved John. John then took a swing, and now we have a fight.

This is an example of which Pattern of Social Interaction?

Sandy cut her hair this weekend. When she got to school a girl she didn't know said that her haircut was cute. She responded by complementing the girl's dress.

This is an example of which Pattern of Social Interaction?

What are the advantages of autocratic leadership?

What are the disadvantages of laissez-faire leadership?

Social interaction requires that the selves we present to others vary from situation to situation; that is, we all have multiple selves.

This is the basis of the concept of...

Beyond teaching content, Schools often socialize students with cultural norms like inclusion and tolerance that some families resent. This is sometimes referred to as the

Which two socializing agents tend to be the most reinforcing of each other?

Which of the six main agents of socialization is changing most rapidly (almost faster than scholarship can keep up with).

Which Characteristic would not be used to identify someone as a Peer?

Bethany has worked diligently to become the new personnel manager at Acme University. She also holds the titles of wife, mother, and choir director at her church. Such titles and positions are called ________.

It is customary for executioners to wear hoods. By doing so, the individual assigned this status can remain detached from his or her role to avoid the negative aspects associated with it. This is called ________.

Police officers are expected to be fair, courteous, knowledgeable of the law, and efficient. This set of expectations, rights, and duties attached to the status of police officers is called ________.

Conservatives and liberals, men and women, and representatives from a diverse group of voters are all working hard to have Taylor Swift elected President of the United States in 2024. This pattern of social interaction, in which individuals, groups, and societies work together to achieve a shared goal, is called ________.

Police officers are often guilty of overidentifying their occupation with the other statuses and roles that they must occupy and perform, such as father, husband, and neighbor. This over-emphasis on a role that becomes central to a person's identity so that the person literally becomes that role is called ________.

Jim and Mark have been neighbors for several years. When Jim asks Mark to help him with a household project, Mark always makes the time to lend a hand. He knows Jim will do the same for him when he has a similar chore. This basic form of social interaction, which is based on norms of reciprocity, is called ________.

Which of the main agents of socialization is changing most rapidly (almost faster than scholarship can keep up with).

How does school act as an agent of socialization?

Children that grow up without being socialized

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a minority group?

The blending or fusing of the minority groups into the dominant society is known as...

The action of treating people differently based on ethnicity, race, religion, or culture is:

________________ refers to a group of people with inherited physical characteristics that distinguish it from another group.

________________ refers to the identity of a group sharing distinctive cultural characteristics.

___________________ is viewing your own ethnic group as superior.

________________ refers to a group of people who, because of physical or cultural traits, are differentiated from the dominant group in society and are treated unequally.

The group with power and privilege in society is known as a ______________________.

_______________________ refers to the widely held negative attitudes towards a group (minority or dominant group) and its members.

___________________ refers to unfair treatment of a minority group by a dominant group.

___________________________ is unfair practices and policies that grow out of common behaviors and attitudes that become part of our social structure.

What pattern of minority group treatment encourages ethnic and racial diversity, where each group keeps their own unique identity?

What pattern of minority group treatment is when cultural groups blend together into one group with a common culture?

What pattern of minority group treatment is when the minority group is physically separated from the dominant group?

In the 1930's New Deal loan programs financed homes using

From 1934 - 1968 how what percentage of home loans were given to white families vs non-white families?

Based on the 2020 census, what is the largest racial minority in the United States?

Following the Civil War, the southern states passed laws that prohibited blacks and whites from sharing the same schools, public facilities, and other forms of integration. What form of discrimination BEST describes these acts by southern officials?

What form of dominant-minority group relation is illustrated by the murder of six million Jews by the Nazis in World War II, the slaughter in Rwanda, and the massacres in Serbia?

A process in which minority groups lose their distinctive identities and conform to cultural patterns of the dominant group is called ________.

Biological and physical differences between females and males are called ________.

What do most scientists agree upon as the factors that determine gender identity?

Assigned at birth. Biological status as either male or female. Associated primarily with chromosomes, hormonal balances, and external/internal anatomy

Socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes that society considers appropriate males and females

Personal sense of masculine, feminine or combination of each

“Umbrella” term re: the mismatch between gender identity, gender expression and biological sex

The belief that one sex is innately superior to the other and is therefore justified in having a dominant and social position

Behavioral characteristics that differ between males and females based on culturally enforced and socially learned norms and roles

The ways in which people construct their sexual desires and relationships, including the norms governing sexual behavior

An umbrella term used to describe those whose gender identity or expression differs from their assigned sex or is outside the gender binary

The unpaid housework that women typically do after they come home from their paid employment

The difference between the earnings of women who work full-time year-round as a group and those of men who work full-time year-round as a group

An artificial boundary that allows women to see the next occupational or salary level even as structural obstacles keep them from reaching it

Any set of social relationships in which men dominate women

What is the definition of Gender Roles?

Though U.S. women still don’t have true equality compared to men in terms of wealth, they have pulled ahead of men in which key area?

Compared to jobs dominated by men, jobs dominated by women

Females outnumber men in society so why are women classified as a minority?

What field of work do men dominate in 94% of this trade?

What is it when genders should be equal politically, economically, and socially?