Which of the following argued that a capitalist society has a dominant ideology that serves the interests of the ruling class?
Max Weber
Talcott Parsons
Karl Marx
Margaret Mead
A list of cultural universals was compiled by anthropologist:
George Murdock
Ogburn
The identification of a new moon of Saturn was an act of:
invention
discovery
diffusion
cultural integration
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
The term ethnocentrism was coined by sociologist:
William F. Ogburn
William Graham Sumner
In the United States, we often formalize norms into:
folkways
mores
values
laws
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
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 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