Culture and Society Overview

Values and norms followed and the material goods produced by a society.

Aspects that are found in virtually all cultures.

Language can shape perception.

<p>The acceptance of a minority group by a majority population, where the new group takes on the values and norms of the dominant culture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sociology's recent emphasis on understanding the role of culture in daily life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fixed patterns of behavior that have genetic origins and appear in all normal animals of a given species.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The physical objects that a society creates which influence the ways in which people live.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ethnic groups exist separately and share equally in economic and political life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A set of beliefs and symbols expressing identification with a national community.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rules of conduct that specify appropriate behavior in social situations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any vehicle of meaning and communication.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A group of people who live in a particular territory and are aware of having a distinct identity from other groups.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An approach that attempts to explain the behavior of both animals and human beings in terms of biological principles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Values and norms distinct from those of the majority, held by a group within a wider society.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ideas held by individuals or groups about what is desirable, proper, good, and bad.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Standards of behavior that are socially approved but not morally significant.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Strict norms that control moral and ethical behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Norms that society holds so strongly that violating them results in extreme disgust.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Norms that are written down and enforced by an official law enforcement agency.</p> Signup and view all the answers