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SOC 202 Questions with Answers (100% Correct
Answers)
Culture Answer: Beliefs, ideas, customs, behaviors and ways of living
common to members of a particular group. Including social traditions,
products and sites (values, language, rules or tools)
High Culture Answer: Unique, refined, complex, meaningful, artistic
practises and products appealing to the intellect
FOR EXAMPLE: classical music, opera, ballet, live theater, and other
activities usually patronized by elite audiences
popular culture Answer: spectator sports, TV, popular music typically
pursued by middle and lower class
Material culture Answer: the physical things created by members of a
society that shape their lives
nonmaterial culture Answer: The beliefs, practices, aesthetics, and values
of a group of people.
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cultural transmission Answer: the process by which one generation
passes culture to the next
Values Answer: the ideas, beliefs, and attitudes about what is important
that help guide the way you live
Norms Answer: rules and expectations by which a society guides the
behavior of its members
Summer's typology of norms Answer: Folkways, Mores, Taboo, Laws
Folkways Answer: norms that are not strictly enforced, ex. coming to class
late
Mores Answer: strongly held norms, the violation of which seriously
offends the standards of acceptable conduct of most people within a
particular culture, ex. coming to class naked
Taboo Answer: behavior that is forbidden and highly offensive, ex. rape,
incest, murder
Laws Answer: expectations for behavior that have been put into law, ex.
may include mores and taboos
Ethnocentrism Answer: belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group
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SOC 202 Questions with Answers (100% Correct
Answers)
Culture Answer: Beliefs, ideas, customs, behaviors and ways of living
common to members of a particular group. Including social traditions,
products and sites (values, language, rules or tools)
High Culture Answer: Unique, refined, complex, meaningful, artistic
practises and products appealing to the intellect
FOR EXAMPLE: classical music, opera, ballet, live theater, and other
activities usually patronized by elite audiences
popular culture Answer: spectator sports, TV, popular music typically
pursued by middle and lower class
Material culture Answer: the physical things created by members of a
society that shape their lives
nonmaterial culture Answer: The beliefs, practices, aesthetics, and values
of a group of people.
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cultural transmission Answer: the process by which one generation
passes culture to the next
Values Answer: the ideas, beliefs, and attitudes about what is important
that help guide the way you live
Norms Answer: rules and expectations by which a society guides the
behavior of its members
Summer's typology of norms Answer: Folkways, Mores, Taboo, Laws
Folkways Answer: norms that are not strictly enforced, ex. coming to class
late
Mores Answer: strongly held norms, the violation of which seriously
offends the standards of acceptable conduct of most people within a
particular culture, ex. coming to class naked
Taboo Answer: behavior that is forbidden and highly offensive, ex. rape,
incest, murder
Laws Answer: expectations for behavior that have been put into law, ex.
may include mores and taboos
Ethnocentrism Answer: belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group
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