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WorksheetsSociology Concepts Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
A group of people who share a common territory and culture is known as a:
Civilization
Society
Subculture
Community
The shared products of human groups, both tangible and intangible, are called:
Civilization
Culture
Norms
Ethnocentrism
Beliefs, ideas, and values make up:
Material culture
Nonmaterial culture
Cultural diffusion
Counterculture
Objects you can touch, like clothing and architecture, represent:
Nonmaterial culture
Symbolic culture
Material culture
Folk culture
The idea that language shapes how we perceive reality is known as:
Cultural relativism
Linguistic ethnocentrism
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
Cultural diffusion theory
The belief that your own culture is superior to others is called:
Cultural relativism
Ethnocentrism
Subcultural pride
Cultural universalism
Judging other cultures by their own standards rather than your own is:
Cultural relativism
Cultural leveling
Cultural superiority
Ethnocentrism
Which of the following is not a cultural universal?
Language
Cooking
Space travel
Marriage rituals
When traits spread from one culture to another, it’s called:
Cultural diffusion
Cultural lag
Cultural relativism
Assimilation
A group that rejects the values and norms of the larger society is known as a:
Subculture
Counterculture
Minority culture
Social group
Rewards or punishments used to enforce conformity are called:
Norms
Values
Sanctions
Mores
Unwritten rules of expected behavior, like holding a door open, are:
Mores
Folkways
Sanctions
Beliefs
Which of the following would be considered a more, not a folkway?
Talking loudly in a library
Wearing pajamas to school
Stealing money from a friend
Forgetting to say 'thank you'
Who conducted the famous monkey experiment about attachment and socialization?
Karl Marx
Harry Harlow
Charles Cooley
Auguste Comte
The process of learning cultural values, norms, and behaviors is called:
Assimilation
Enculturation
Socialization
Conformity
Which of the following is an agent of socialization?
Weather
Social media
Natural selection
Economic inflation
Which term describes behaviors expected of someone holding a certain status?
Sanctions
Roles
Values
Folkways
When someone struggles to meet expectations of multiple statuses at once, it’s called:
Role strain
Role conflict
Role stress
Status competition
A status you earn through effort, like graduating, is a(n):
Achieved status
Ascribed status
Master status
Social role
Groups that are emotionally close and known for long-term relationships are called:
Secondary groups
Primary groups
Reference groups
Organizations
