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sociology

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Anyone who feelsdisoriented, uncertain, out of place, even fearful, when immeised in an unfamiliar culture may be experiencing   Culture Shock  
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The term sociologist use to refer to a segment of society that shared distinctive pattern of mores, folkways, and values that differs form the pattern of the larger society.   Subculture  
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Terroist groups are examples of ?   Counter cultures  
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cultural beliefs and practice4s that helpto maintain powerful social, economic,and political interests?   Dominant Ideology  
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Which view of culture became popular in sociology in the United States beginning in the 1950's   Functionalist Theory  
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Which theoretical perspective maintains that stability requires a consensus and the support of society's members?   Functionalist Theory  
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Health, love, and democracy are examples of   Values  
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Patterns of male dominance are reinforced in many societies around the world by   Folkways  
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In the U.S. we often formalize norms into   Laws  
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The statement "Respect your elders,"reflects   Norms  
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According to Sapir-whorf hypothesis   Language precedes thought  
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What term did William Ogburn introduce to refer to the period of maladjustment when the nonmaterial culture is still adapting to new material conditions   Culture Lag  
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The emergence of Starbucks in China represents what aspects of culture?   Globalization  
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What term do sociologist use to refer to the process by which a cultural item spreads form group to group or society to society?   Diffusion  
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The finding of the DNA molecule is an example of   Discovery  
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The process of introducing a new idea or objects to culture is known as.   Innovation  
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People's need for food, shelter and clothing are examples of what Murdock referred to as   Culture Universals  
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Culture is defined as   THe totality of learned, socially trasmitted customs, knowledge, material objects, and behavior  
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Argot   Specializedlanguage used by members of a group or subculture.  
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Billiangualism   The use of two or more languages in a particular setting such as the workplace or schoolroom treating each language as equally legitimate.  
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Counterculture   A subculture that deliberatley opposes certain aspects of larger culture  
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Cultural Relativism   The viewing of people's behavior from the perspective of their own culture.  
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Cultural Universal   A common practice or belief found in every culture.  
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Discovery   The process of making known or sharing the existence of an aspect of reality.  
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Folkway   A norm governing everyday behavior whose violation raises comparatively little concern.  
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Formal Norm   A norm that has been written down and that specifies strict punishments for violators.  
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Informal Norm   A norm that is generally understood but not precisely recorded.  
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Innovation   The process of introducing a new idea or object to a culture through discovery or invention.  
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Invention   The combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not exist before  
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Language   An abstract system of word meaning and symbols for all aspects of culture; includes gestures and other nonverbal communication  
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Law   Governmental social control  
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Material culture   The physical or techological aspects of our daily lives  
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Mores   Norms deemed highly necessary to the welfare of a society.  
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Nonmaterial Culture   Ways of using material objects, as well as customs, belif, philosophies, governments and patterns of communication.  
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Norm   An established standard of behavior maintained by a society.  
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Sanction   A penalty or reward for conduct concerning a social norm.  
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Society   A fairly laage number of people who live in the same territoyr, are relatively indepent of peo;le outside it , and participate in a common culture.  
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Sociobiology   The systamatic study of how bilogy affects human social behavior  
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Subculture   A segment of society that shares a distinctive pattern of the larger society.  
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Technology   Cultureral information about how to use the material resources of the environment to staisfy human needs and desires.  
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Value   A collective conception of what is considered good, desirable, and proper or bad, undesirable, and improper in culture.  
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Evaluating the practices of other cultures on the basis of our own perspective is referred to as   Ethnocentrism  
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Sociobiologist apply this man's principle of natural selection to the study of social behavior   Charles Darwin  
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When one places a priority on understanding other cultures, rather than dismissing them as ' strange' or 'exotic'   Cultural relativism  
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