Reliability refers to

the extent to which research produces consistent or dependable results.

Talcott Parsons was influential in

shifting sociology from reform to theory.

One thing that can be said about material culture is that

there is nothing "natural about it

Which of the following statements about cultural relativism is true?

Cultural relativism has come under attack because it can lead to acceptance of practices like genital cutting and wife beating

An advantage of knowing a culture's gestures is

being able to communicate with simplicity

The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis states that

people understand the world based on their form of language.

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Intro 2 Sociology

Weeks 1 -

Question	Answer
The _____ perspective emphasizes the social contexts in which people live.	sociological
A group of people who share a culture and a territory is known as a(n)	society
Auguste Comte is credited as being the founder of	sociology
The phrase "survival of the fittest" was coined by	Herbert Spencer
_________believed that societies grew and changed as a result of the struggles of different social classes over the means of production.	Karl Marx
Reliability refers to	the extent to which research produces consistent or dependable results.
The _____ examined by sociologists are recurring characteristics or events.	patterns of behavior
Talcott Parsons was influential in	shifting sociology from reform to theory.
In _____, symbols are the key to understanding how we look at the world and communicate with one another.	symbolic interactionism
Who was the founder of conflict theory?	Karl Marx
The language, beliefs, values, norms, and behaviors passed from one generation to the next make up a group's	culture
_____ would be part of material culture.	hairstyles
Nonmaterial culture refers to a group's	ways of thinking and doing
One thing that can be said about material culture is that	there is nothing "natural about it
Who is ethnocentric?	everyonne
To try to understand a culture on its own terms is called	culture relativism
Which of the following statements about cultural relativism is true?	Cultural relativism has come under attack because it can lead to acceptance of practices like genital cutting and wife beating
Another term for nonmaterial culture that sociologists use is	symbolic culture
An advantage of knowing a culture's gestures is	being able to communicate with simplicity
The main way people communicate is through	language
The basis of culture is	language
The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis states that	people understand the world based on their form of language.
People's _____ are their standard for discerning what is good and just in society.	values
A term for rules of behavior is	norms
When people break norms, they receive	sanctions
When someone is walking on the right side of the sidewalk, and you are walking faster and overtake them to their left, this is _____ in the United States.	folkway
If you kill another person, you have violated a society's	mores
Even just the thought of the violation of a _____ fills us with revulsion.	taboo
A world within the larger world of the dominant culture is a	subculture
How many subcultures does U.S. society contain?	thousands
Some of the values and norms of a _____ place it at odds with the dominant culture.	counter culture
The core value of education has	changed
Cultural imperialism is the deliberate imposition of one’s own cultural values on another culture.	true

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