1. Sociology test review 2

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

3.  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

4.  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

5.  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

6.  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

7.  16. Self-fulfilment-commitment to the full development of one’s personality talents and potential  17. Narcissism-extreme self-centeredism

8.  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

9.  Describe a subculture/ counterculture of the past and tell how it has influence society. Ex hippies music industries, protest groups

10.  What are the basic components of Culture? Technology, symbols, language, values and norms