Exam 3: Culture

Culture is essential for our individual survival and our communication with other people.It is also fundamental for the survival of societies because it makes the actions of individuals intelligible to the group.This makes the culture and society:

Identify and compare the various types of norms.

Individuals that are dissimilar in regard to social characteristics such as religion,income,or race/ethnicity are considered to be living in a homogeneous society.

______________ is the disorientation that people feel when they encounter cultures radically different from their own and believe they cannot depend on their own taken-for-granted assumptions about life.

According to the text,______________,located in cities such as San Francisco,Los Angeles,and New York,are one of the more visible ethnic subcultures in the United States.

A language-based predisposition to think about women in sexual terms reinforces the notion that women are sexual objects.

Children learn about their cultural heritage and develop a sense of personal identity in relationship to their group through______________.

From the______________perspective,people create,maintain,and modify culture as they go about their everyday activities.

______________ consist(s)of the physical or tangible creations that members of a society make,use,and share.

According to sociologist Robin Williams,a belief in the idea that "the American way of life" is best illustrates the core value of______________.

A______________is a currently valued style of behavior,thinking,or appearance that is longer lasting and more widespread than a fad.

______________ norms state what behavior is appropriate or acceptable.For example,persons making a certain amount of money are expected to file a tax return and pay any taxes they owe.

Sneezing after breathing pepper through the nose is an example of a(n)______________,which is an unlearned,biologically determined,and involuntary response to some physical stimuli.

Contrast ideal culture and real culture and provide examples of each.

The belief that shared values are essential for societies to survive would be representative of what theoretical perspective?

Recent data gathered by the U.S.Census Bureau indicate that approximately______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________percent of the people in this country speak a language other than English at home.

According to the______________,language shapes the view of reality of its speakers.

Anthropologist George Murdock compiled a list of over seventy categories that included appearance (such as bodily adornment and hairstyles),activities (such as sports,dancing,games,joking,and visiting),social institutions (such as family,law,and religion),and customary practices (such as cooking,folklore,gift giving,and hospitality).These are all examples of:

According to sociologist Robin Williams,we cherish the core value of______________,which is conveyed by the idea that Americans believe that people are responsible for their own success or failure.

French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu's cultural capital theory views high culture as a device used by the dominant class to exclude the subordinate classes.