Culture Chapter 2

"the last thing a fish would ever notice would be water", what does this quote imply about culture?

Values, are the expectations or social rules to guide behavioir

When people visit a country and feel disoriented and are unable to depend on their assumptions about that culture

When we try to understand a culture on its own terms we are practicing cultural relativism

The author's experience in Morocco left him with a profound sense of what?

Without language culture would

the wheel was new technology

The refusal of Christians to accept Islam as a valid religion is a form of ___ while trying to understand multiple wives

___ ____ happens when material culture changes faster than non-material culture

Jewelry, art, hairstyles, and clothing are all representative examples of

Mores are norms taken very seriously they are essential to values and can be written into law

The T.V. series Sons of Anarchy, and Shameless are examples of ___ ?

Gestures, language, values and social norms are examples of

Democracy and group superiority are a value cluster

A group within a group that is compatible with the dominant group is a

McDonalds serving the quarter pounder in Japan is an example of

Edward Sapir and Benjamin Whorf concluded that

Who researched American values and came up with a list of ten core values

It is crucial to study ___ before you go to visit another culture because they are highly symbolic

Theory supports the idea that the way we speak shapes the way we think about the world

Symbols strung together in an infinite number of ways to communicate abstract thought and objects is referred to as

What is composed of language, beliefs, values, norms, behaviors and material objects

When you try to understand a culture from it's own perspective you are practicing

If Alice came to class not wearing a shirt she is violating a?

These are consequences for conforming to social norms

Achievement, success, hard work, democracy, technology, and romantic love all made the list of

Most high schools honor good grades and athletic accomplishments with special ceremonies this illustrates what value

"One's own group is the center of everything, and all others are scaled and rated with reference to it"

Jewish families celebrate Chanukah "festival of lights" they light candles, and eat traditional food. This is a?

Sociologists use the term ___ to indicate the standards by which people define their ideas about what is desirable

Receiving the Medal of Honor and making the Dean's list are examples of

Which of the following would not be an example of a counter culture?

This is an example of a negative sanction

____ makes life easier

______ are ways we communicate without words

Folkways are norms that every culture in the world agree upon

Beauty is symbolic culture

Without _____ culture would be impossible

While the meaning of symbols varies greatly across culture, the meanings attached to gestures are universal