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set 1.
sociology tests
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| culture | all the shared products of human groups |
| ethnocentrism | occurs when one thinks their culture is superior to others |
| cultural relativism | judging cultures by their own standards |
| values | shared beliefs about what is good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable |
| norms | shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations |
| mores | rules which have great moral significance attached to them |
| folkways | norms that do not have great moral significance attatched to them; common customs of everyday life |
| symbols | words, gestures, images, sounds or physical objects that have a particular meaning |
| culture shock | personal disorientation a person may feel when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life |
| sociology | the study of human society and social behavior |