Some groups in society share values, norms, and behaviors that are not shared by the entire population. The unique cultural characteristics of these groups form a
Organized crime families and the hippie movement of the 1960s are examples of countercultures in the United States.
A group of interdependent people who have organized in such a way as to share a common culture and feeling of unity is a
Sociologists distinguish between these three types of norms:
Culture consists of all the shared products of human groups.
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Technology is
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Folkways are norms that describe socially acceptable behavior but do not have great moral significance attached to them.
Values are the organization of written or spoken symbols into a standardized system.
The features of a culture can be divided into three levels of complexity: traits, folkways, and patterns.
A group that accepts the major values, norms, and practices of the larger society is a subculture sociologists refer to as a counterculture.
The tendency to view one’s own culture and group as superior is called
The game of basketball is considered
Basic components of a culture vary from society to society.
Most subcultures do not reject all of the values and practices of the larger society.
Cultural universals are
Folkways include all of the following except
Society consists of people, and culture consists of the material and nonmaterial products that people create.
Which of the following are not examples of a subculture?
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