In the United States, we often formalize norms into:
folkways
mores
values
laws
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
The term ethnocentrism was coined by sociologist:
William Graham Sumner
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
Older people living in housing for the elderly, workers in an offshore oil rig, rodeo cowboys, and circus performers-all are examples of what sociologists refer to as:
subcultures
countercultures
cultural universals
argot
In a sense, xenocentrism is a reverse form of:
cultural integration
cultural relativism
ethnocentrism
Which sociological perspective emphasizes that ethnocentrism serves to maintain a sense of solidarity by promoting group pride?
functionalist perspective
conflict perspective
interactionist perspective
dramaturgical perspective
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
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