Chapter 2 Worksheet
What things are indicative of culture:
_________________________________ are such things as clothing, buildings, and possessions.
_________________________________ are such things as ways to think, beliefs, values, etc.
What parts of culture do we take for granted?
________________________’s influence is profound as it touches and defines who we are.
_______________________ becomes a _______________________ through which we perceive and evaluate what is
going on around us.
Define and describe (through example) what culture shock is:
How is culture shock different from ethnocentrism?
Rephrase the eight summary statements in your own words at the end of this section (page 41 in the 10th edition):
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Describe cultural relativism
What are symbols?
Expand on the following:
- Gestures:
- Language:
 Language allows “human experience to be cumulative”
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Language provides a “social or shared past”
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Language provides a “social or shared future”
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Language allows “shared perspectives”
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Language allows “shared, goal-oriented behavior”
Describe the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis and give an example:
What is the difference between a value, norm, and a sanction?
Give an example of a positive sanction and a negative sanction:
What is the difference between a folkway, more, and a taboo?
Define and give an example of a subculture:
Define and give an example of a counterculture:
A ____________________________ society is made up of many different groups.
Define core values and list those that sociologist Robin Williams identified as shared by most groups in US Society:
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What are the three additional values that the book’s author added to the previous list:
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Define the following:
Value cluster
Value contradiction
Describe the emerging value cluster:
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What can happen when values clash?
What does it mean to state that values can act as a distorting lens?
Describe the difference between “ideal” and “real” culture and give examples of each:
How does technology influence culture?
What is the difference between cultural lag, cultural change, cultural diffusion, and cultural leveling?