Exam 2: Culture and Society

_______ occur(s)when members of one cultural group borrow elements of another group's culture.

According to the textbook,a key difference between subcultures and countercultures is that

Michelle claims that all human cultures are different and cannot be compared.How might sociologists critique her claim?

Societies whose means of subsistence are based on agricultural production (crop growing)are called ______ societies.

Yang is researching how certain groups that live in Spain seem to have their own sets of norms and values that are at times different from mainstream Spanish norms and values.Which sociological concept best describes what he is studying?

The textbook defines a(n)________ as a system of interrelationships that connects individuals.

Scholars have argued that immigrant groups like the Irish and Italians were initially considered a race apart from native-born Anglo-Saxon white Americans.However,over the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries,Irish and Italian immigrants managed to become part of dominant white culture.This historical context reveals how different cultures are absorbed into a single mainstream culture,a process also known as

Which language is the main language for the plurality of Internet users?

In two to three sentences,please define the concept of cultural universals and describe what they can tell us about human societies.

Chen studies the process through which Brazil is shifting from workers mostly working in fields and living in rural villages to people living in cities and working in factories,offices,and the like.He is noting how Brazil is becoming a(n)______ society.

______ can be defined as judging other cultures in terms of the standards of one's own.

The term ______ does not refer only to people from different cultural backgrounds or to those who speak different languages within a larger society.It can also refer to any segment of the population that is distinguishable from the rest of society by its cultural patterns.

If the language of a highly individualistic society contains many words and phrases about personal success and individual achievement that someone from a more communal society has difficulty fully understanding,this is an example of

In a couple of sentences,please describe the difference between values and norms.What are some examples of each?

The Taliban enforced strict,traditional rules about modest dress and the prohibition of alcohol,in part to resist the spreading influence of Western culture.This response at the local cultural level is an example of

______ refer(s)to abstract ideals in a given society.

According to the textbook,marriage is a cultural universal,which means that

According to the textbook,two cultural universals particularly stand out in human societies.They are _______ and _______.

Lucy wants to study American culture.Why might sociologists be critical of such a study?

Candace is doing a comparative study to compare different societies' expectations of how husbands should treat their in-laws.Candace will be analyzing