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What is the term used when someone places a priority on understanding other cultures rather than dismissing them as strange or weird?
What is the term used when one seeks to understand another culture?
What is the term used for the set of cultural beliefs and practices that helps to maintain powerful social economic and political interests?
What cultural term refers to the feeling of disoriented uncertain out of place or even fearful when immersed in an unfamiliar culture?

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a. a comic book b. patriotic attachment to the flag of the United States c. slang words -- are all examples of what?	Culture.
People’s adaptations to meet the needs for food, shelter, and clothing are examples of what George Murdock referred to as...	cultural
What term do sociologists use to refer to the process by which a cultural item spreads from group to group or society to society?	diffusion
Which of the following statements is true according to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?	Language precedes thought.
What term best describes the set of cultural beliefs and practices that help to maintain powerful social, economic, and political interests?	dominant idealogy
Terrorist groups are examples of...	Countercultures
What is the term used when one places a priority on understanding other cultures, rather than dismissing them as “strange” or “exotic”?	cultural relativism
_____ are gestures, objects, and/or words that form the basis of human communication.	Symbols;
_____ is the process of introducing a new idea or object to a culture.	Innovation;
The bow and arrow, the automobile, and the television are all examples of _____ .	inventions;
“Put on some clean clothes for dinner” and “Thou shalt not kill” are both examples of _____ found in U.S. culture.	Norms
From a _____ perspective, the dominant ideology has major social significance. Not only do a society’s most powerful groups & institutions control wealth & property, more important, they control the means of production.	conflict;
The United States has strong _____ against murder, treason, and other forms of abuse that have been institutionalized into formal norms.	Mores (morays)
Countercultures (e.g., hippies) are typically popular among the _____ , who have the least investment in the existing culture.	Young
From the _____ perspective, subcultures are evidence that differences can exist within a common culture.	functionalist
A person experiences _____ when he or she feels disoriented, uncertain, out of place, even fearful when immersed in an unfamiliar culture.	Culture Shock
What is the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?	a hypothesis, first advanced by Edward Sapir in 1929 and subsequently developed by Benjamin Whorf, that the structure of a language determines a native speaker's perception and categorization of experience.

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

What is the term used when someone places a priority on understanding other cultures rather than dismissing them as strange or weird?

cultural relativism places priority on understanding other cultures, rather than dismissing then as strange or exotic.

What is the term used when one seeks to understand another culture?

Appreciation is when someone seeks to understand and learn about another culture in an effort to broaden their perspective and connect with others cross-culturally. Appropriation on the other hand, is simply taking one aspect of a culture that is not your own and using it for your own personal interest.

Values are constantly changing; sociologists view them as being very unstable. Which of the following terms describes the set of cultural beliefs and practices that help to maintain powerful social, economic, and political interests? a. cultural universals.

What cultural term refers to the feeling of disoriented uncertain out of place or even fearful when immersed in an unfamiliar culture?

Culture shock refers to the impact of moving from a familiar culture to one that is unfamiliar. This impact includes the anxiety and feelings (such as surprise, disorientation, uncertainty, and confusion) felt when a person must adapt to a different and unknown cultural or social environment.

What is the term when one places a priority on understanding other cultures from their point of view rather than dismissing them as strange or exotic?

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What is the term used when someone places a priority on understanding other cultures rather than dismissing them as strange or weird?

What is the term used when one seeks to understand another culture?

What cultural term refers to the feeling of disoriented uncertain out of place or even fearful when immersed in an unfamiliar culture?

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What is the term when one places a priority on understanding other cultures from their point of view rather than dismissing them as strange or exotic?

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What is the term used when someone places a priority on understanding other cultures rather than dismissing them as strange or weird?

What is the term used when one seeks to understand another culture?

What is the term used for the set of cultural beliefs and practices that helps to maintain powerful social economic and political interests?

What cultural term refers to the feeling of disoriented uncertain out of place or even fearful when immersed in an unfamiliar culture?

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