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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cultural universities | Athletic sports, visiting, personal names, marriage, funeral ceremonies, and sexual restrictions. |
| Dominant ideology | Social, economic, and political interest. |
| The totality of learned social transmitted customs, knowledge, material objects, and behavior is known as what? | Culture |
| The tendency to assume that one's own culture and ways of life represents the norms or superior to all others, it's called what? | Ethnocentrism |
| Doctors and nurses, for example, have developed a language system that is not easily, easily understood by patients. But enables medical professionals to communicate more easily, rapidly, and precisely with one another. Which sociological perspectives is | functionalist perspective. |
| A law is | a former norm enforced by the state |
| mores | Norms deemed highly necessary to the welfare of a society |
| Norms governing everyday behavior, the violation of which raises comparatively little concern are known as | folk ways |
| Collective concepts of what is considered good, desirable, and proper, as well as bad, undesirable, and improper, are known as | values |
| subculture | But it is a segment of society that shares a distinctive patterns of culture, of customs, rules, traditions that differ from the patterns of the largest society. |
| John is pulled over by a police officer for speeding on the Pennsylvania carryback. He is given a fine of $120 and sent on his way. The fine is considered a what? | sanction |
| Culture shock | A feeling of disorientation, uncertainty, being out of place or fearful when immersed in an unfamiliar culture. |
| Communism, the Episcopalian religion, and the microwave oven are all examples of | Inventions |
| George Rich, her concept of the magnolization of society refers to is the placement of a McDonald's franchise in every country | Principles used by fast food restaurants, developed in the United States, reflecting in a growing number of sectors of society throughout the world |
| Social biologist is the systematic study of | how biology affects human social behavior |
| Culture variations | |
| Sanctions | penalties and rewards for conduct concerning a social norm. |
| Norms | the established standards of behavior maintained by a society. |
| Formal positive sanctions | salary bonus, testimonial dinner, medal, and diploma. |
| formal negative sanctions | demotion, firing from a job, jail sentence, and expulsion. |
| informal positive sanctions | smile, compliment, and cheers. |
| informal negative sanctions | frown, humiliation, and bullying. |
| The scientific study of social behavior and human groups. | sociology |