Sociology Chapter 3 Test Study Guide
Cultural integration refers to the fact that…pg 76
Core cultural values…pg 67
As a part of human culture, religion is an example of…pg 59
Cultural patterns that are widespread among a society’s population are referred to as…pg
72
A multiculturalist criticism of the U.S. is that our culture reflects a pattern called…pg 74
What is the term for the application of cultural knowledge to the task of living in an
environment…pg 69
The spread of traits from one culture to another…pg. 77
Today, most U.S. immigrants arrive from…pg 71
If you were to attend a NY ballet you would be experiencing…pg 72
Tangible human creations…pg 69
Homo sapiens means…pg 61
The U.S. and Canada are both ___________; however Canadian culture is more
_________ than U.S. culture. Pg. 83
Structural-functional paradigm…pg 80
All around the world, what we find is…pg 59
The language spoken by people in more nations of the world than any other…pg. 64
Cultural change is set in motion in what three ways…pg 77
Cultural relativism…pg 78
Counterculture…pg 76
Prescriptive and Proscriptive norms…pg 67
Social-conflict paradigm…pg 81
Our competitive and individualistic values reflect…pg 81
Mores…pg 68
The most widely spoken language other than English…pg 75
Cultural lag…pg 77
Homo sapiens first lived on earth how long ago…pg 61
Values…pg 65
The U.S. is multicultural because…pg 61
A century ago, most who came to the U.S. came from…pg 71
Refers to a shared way of life…pg 61
Refers to a political entity…pg 61
Symbol…pg 61-62
Right and wrong…pg 68
Right and rude…pg 68
Cultural transmissions…pg 63
Sociobiology paradigm…pg 82-83
Humans stand out among all forms of life as the only species that…pg 59
Values central to U.S. culture…pg 66-67
Ethnocentrism…pg 78
Subculture…pg 72
Diffusion…pg 77
Multicultural…pg 57
Culture is a source of human freedom because…pg 84
Campus poets, computer nerds, and jazz musicians all display ____________
patterns…pg 72
The early U.S. sociologist who described the difference in folkways and mores…pg 68
Tangible things…pg 59
Compared to college students of the 1960’s, more of today’s college students are more
concerned with…pg 77
Cultural universals are cultural traits that…pg 80
Culture…pg 59
Intangible world…pg 59