Sociology test review 2
1. Culture-shared products of human groups which include both physical objects and the beliefs values and behavior shared by a group 2. Material culture- physical objects 3. Nonmaterial culture- abstract human creations such as language beliefs etc
4. values- shared beliefs about what is good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable 5. Norms-shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in certain situations 6. Folkways- norms that do not have great moral significance attached to them
7. Mores-norms that have great moral significance attached to them 8. Laws-written rules of conduct punishable by the government 9. Cultural universals-features common to all cultures
10. Subculture-a group with its own unique traits that exists within a larger culture 11. Counterculture-a group that rejects the major values and norms of society 12. Ethnocentrism-viewing ones own culture as superior
13.Cultural diffusion-spreading of cultural traits from one society to another 14Cultural lag-when ideas and beliefs are adapting to new material beliefs 15. Cultural Leveling-cultures become more and more alike
16. Self-fulfilment-commitment to the full development of one’s personality talents and potential 17. Narcissism-extreme self-centeredism
Describe what are considered to be American Values. Personal achievement, progress and material comfort, work, individualism, efficiency and practicality,, morality and humanitarianism, equality and democracy, freedom
Describe a subculture/ counterculture of the past and tell how it has influence society. Ex hippies music industries, protest groups
What are the basic components of Culture? Technology, symbols, language, values and norms