1. Section 1: The American Value System Section 2: Social Control
CHAPTER 3
Cultural Conformity and Adaptation
Section 1: The American Value System
Section 2: Social Control
Section 3: Social Change

2. Question: What basic values form the foundation of American culture?
SECTION 1
The American Value System
Question:
What basic values form the foundation of American culture?

3. Traditional American Values
SECTION 1
The American Value System
Traditional American Values
 personal achievement
 individualism
 work
 morality and humanitarianism
 efficiency and practicality
 progress and material comfort
 equality and democracy

4. SECTION 2
Social Control
Question:
How are the norms of society enforced, and what are the four types of sanctions?

5. Social Control SECTION 2 ENFORCEMENT OF SOCIAL NORMS Internalization:
Sanctions:
rewards or punishments used to enforce conformity to norms
how a norm becomes part of a person’s personality, thus conditioning the person to conform to society’s expectations
Positive:
Negative:
Formal:
Informal:
action that rewards a particular kind of behavior
punishment or the threat of punishment to enforce conformity
reward or punish-ment by a formal organization or regulatory agency, such as the government
spontaneous expression of approval or disapproval by an individual or group

6. Question: What are the main sources of social change? Social Change
SECTION 3
Social Change
Question:
What are the main sources of social change?

7. Social Change SECTION 3 Source of Social Change Example
Social Consequence
values and beliefs
technology
population
diffusion
physical environment
wars and conquests

8. Chapter Wrap-Up CHAPTER 3
1. What are the core American values outlined by Robin M. Williams and James M. Henslin?
2. What new American values have emerged in recent years?
3. Identify the two methods through which society enforces norms.
4. Explain the difference between positive sanctions and negative sanctions by giving and example of each.
5. What role do government policies play in enforcing cultural values and social norms?
6. How are the civil rights movement and the women’s rights movement examples of social change?
7. How has cultural diffusion changed eating habits in the United States?
8. For what reasons do people resist change?