The distinction between elements of material and nonmaterial culture was made by sociologist:
Max Weber
George Murdock
Margaret Mead
William F. Ogburn
Which of the following statements about norms is correct?
People do not follow norms in all situations. In some cases, they evade a norm because they know it is weakly enforced.
In some instances, behavior that appears to violate society's norms may actually represent adherence to the norms of a particular group.
Norms are violated in some instances because one norm conflicts with another.
all of the above
Which of the following statements about values is correct?
Values never change.
Values of a culture may change, but most remain relatively stable during any one person's lifetime.
Values are constantly changing; sociologists view them as being very unstable.
All of the above statements are correct.
In the United States, we often formalize norms into:
folkways
mores
values
laws
A list of cultural universals was compiled by anthropologist:
Ogburn
Which of the following argued that a capitalist society has a dominant ideology that serves the interests of the ruling class?
Talcott Parsons
Karl Marx
In its study of language, which sociological perspective focuses on how people rely on shared definitions of phrases and expressions in both formal speech and everyday conversation?
functionalist perspective
conflict perspective
interactionist perspective
ethnocentric perspective
While vacationing in Great Britain, you discover that the British drive on the "wrong" side of the road, are critical of your United States accent, and will not accept dollars in stores. You feel disoriented and out of place and thus are experiencing:
xenocentrism
the Hawthorne effect
the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
culture shock
Which sociological perspective argues that a common culture serves to maintain the privileges of some groups while keeping others in a subservient position?
each of the above
Which of the following is an aspect of culture?
a comic book
patriotic attachment to the flag of the United States
burial of a family pet in a cemetery plot
