Exam 4: Society, Culture, and Cultural Change

Different cultures change or evolve:

The United States does not have one single culture.

Today, the rate of technological change is increasing:

The causes of most social problems are:

The spread of cultural traits from one group to another is called:

Geography and climate are:

Multiculturalism emphasizes:

Cultural relativism asserts that all cultures are for the most part equally valid.

Language is not important in the development and transmission of culture.

What is cultural lag theory? What are the limitations of cultural lag theory? How is cultural lag related to social problems?

Oswald Spengler and Arnold Toynbee suggested a theory that civilizations pass through:

Social institutions are usually organized around some central interest or need.

Ways of behaving that have been learned so well that they can be carried on without conscious attention are called:

Laws are different from mores in that to be a law, a principle or regulation has had to be accepted by more people.

Which social institution played a significant role in instigating social change during the civil rights movement?

Benjamin Lee Whorf argued that each particular language embodies and propagates:

How do social scientists define social problems? What are the reasons why some problems are called social problems? State two examples of major social problems.

Understanding other cultures requires an effort to look at them from the viewpoint of:

Mores are regulations established in a community by some authority and enforced by judicial decision.

Social values are the motivating power that makes institutions function effectively.