Beliefs and Culture –
Page 92 sections 4 and 5 worksheet
Name ___________________________
1. What is non-material culture made up of?
2. In your own personal life, list 5 non-material culture traits that make up who you
are.
3. Define material culture traits – and again, list 5 examples.
4. Define ideal culture –
5. Define real culture –
6. Give three examples of how they differ. An example I will give is – Ideal culture –
when you get married you feel as though life is going to be happily ever after without
ever a problem. Real culture – There may be financial, child, work, extra-marital
issues etc….One can find out it isn’t as easy as one thought.
7. Explain how material culture is influenced by non-material culture.
8. Give an example of how culture has changed over time.
9. List three reasons culture changes.
10. Explain in your own words how the process of discovery works.
11. Explain in your own words culture diffusion. How has culture diffusion impacted you
as an individual?
12. Read pages 96-97 on American teenagers. Do you recall your junior high
experiences? Did you feel the same pressures Eccles discovered?
13. Explain what a social category is.
14. Define a subculture. Give me an example of a subculture other than the example
in the book.
15. How does a counter-culture differ from a sub-culture? What sub-cultures do you
see here at Osseo Senior High?
16. How would you explain in your own words what ethnocentrism is? Do you believe
Americans are ethnocentric?
17. Explain the advantage and disadvantages of this concept. How can it help, but also
hurt people and societies?
18. Explain in your own words what a cultural universal is.
Identify each of the following into a social category (SC), subculture (SUB) or
counterculture (CC).
19. _____ Chinatown
20. _____ Teenagers
21. _____ Catholics
22. _____ Hippies
23. _____ Goth
24-25. List 5 specific material or non-material culture traits that make you who you
are.