Sociology Final Exam| 131 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

culture correct answer: - learned, tradition/customs, beliefs (norms, practices, religion), language - Culture = Human - Nature (things untouched by human hands) - Anything that is transformed by humans (broad definition) - Latin: cultum ("to cultivate or to grow") - Growth of culture linked to settling down, planting, building structures material Culture correct answer: transform/create as humans; can touch (ex./ paper) non-material Culture correct answer: create as humans; cannot touch (ex./ credit, language, values, racism) culture equation correct answer: Culture = Superior Man - Inferior Man in-group correct answer: (reference group) attracted to people who are like us (preferred group) out-group correct answer: compare ourselves to people who are not like ourselves (different from us; perceived as inferior) ethnocentrism correct answer: evaluating practices of others based on standards of your own (we are the standard, everyone else is inferior) cultural relativism correct answer: recognizing that different groups have different practices and beliefs without making judgments (embracing differences) norms correct answer: behavioral rules that tell us what is acceptable, expected, or required (ex./ stopping to help a broken down car on the side of the road, "thank you", "please", holding door open, bathe regularly) values correct answer: beliefs about what we consider to be desirable (ex./ politeness, cleanliness, good hygiene) habits correct answer: routines, don't feel an obligation to do something, preferences/ choices (ex./ showering at night) folkways correct answer: a norm that, when violated, is not met with strong public disapproval (ex./ thank-you cards) mores correct answer: a norm that, when violated, is met with strong disapproval (ex./ smelly homeless guy "that's effing disgusting")