Sociology 111 Exam 1 Questions and
Answers All Correct
What is culture - Answer- Differences in groups' shared ideas, a well as the objects,
practices, and bodies that reflect those ideas
What are the 5 components of culture - Answer- symbols, language, values, norms,
material culture
Material culture - Answer- Physical and tangible objects that make up our culture
Norms - Answer- Rules of behavior
Types of norms - Answer- Folkways
Mores
Taboo
Laws
Folkways - Answer- fairly weak norms
passed down from the past, the violation of which is generally not considered serious
within a particular culture
Mores - Answer- Strongly held norm
Violation is a serious offense to most people
Taboo - Answer- Violation prompts shock
Consequences can be severe or inspire embarrassment or humiliation
Law - Answer- Systematic rules of behavior
Cultural Universals - Answer- Division of labor
Incest Taboo
Marriage
Rites of passage
Family
Culture-as-value thesis - Answer- Ideas that we're so socialized into culturally specific
moralities that guide our feelings about right and wrong
Answers All Correct
What is culture - Answer- Differences in groups' shared ideas, a well as the objects,
practices, and bodies that reflect those ideas
What are the 5 components of culture - Answer- symbols, language, values, norms,
material culture
Material culture - Answer- Physical and tangible objects that make up our culture
Norms - Answer- Rules of behavior
Types of norms - Answer- Folkways
Mores
Taboo
Laws
Folkways - Answer- fairly weak norms
passed down from the past, the violation of which is generally not considered serious
within a particular culture
Mores - Answer- Strongly held norm
Violation is a serious offense to most people
Taboo - Answer- Violation prompts shock
Consequences can be severe or inspire embarrassment or humiliation
Law - Answer- Systematic rules of behavior
Cultural Universals - Answer- Division of labor
Incest Taboo
Marriage
Rites of passage
Family
Culture-as-value thesis - Answer- Ideas that we're so socialized into culturally specific
moralities that guide our feelings about right and wrong
