SOCIOLOGY CULTURE REVIEW GUIDE



SOCIOLOGY CULTURE REVIEW GUIDE

Use your notes, class handouts, and your textbook.

Be able to define the following…

1. Sociobiology

2. Culture

3. Society

4. Ethnocentrism

5. Cultural Relativism

6. Cultural Diffusion

Be able to answer the following.

7. What are the three types of norms? Define each and list in order from LEAST offensive to MOST offensive.

8. What is the difference between material and non-material culture?

9. List an example of a formal sanction.

List an example of an informal sanction.

What is the difference between the two types of sanctions?

10. How is a subculture different from a counter culture?

11. List the three carriers of culture and put a * next to the main carrier.

12. What factors contribute to cultural diversity?

13. What is a cultural universal? ____________________________________ List the 10 Cultural Universals below with a brief description of each.

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14. The opposite of a universal is a _____________________. List below two taboos in American culture and two taboos in another culture. Be sure to list the culture next to the taboo you describe.

15. How does the media affect culture?

16. How is popular culture different from elite culture?

17. What is the difference between culture and society?

Freebee for completing the study guide. There is a true/false question on the test that says “English is the official language of the United States”. The answer is FALSE… there is no official language in the United States.

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