Chapter 3 And 4

Front 1

attempts by society to regulate peoples thoughts and behavior

Back 1

social control

Front 2

knowledge that people use to make a way of life in their surroundings

Back 2

technology

Front 3

cultural patterns that distinguish a societys elite

Back 3

high culture

Front 4

cultural patterns that are widespread among a societys population

Back 4

popular culture

Front 5

cultural patterns that set apart some segment of a societys population.

Back 5

subculture

Front 6

an educational program recognizing the cultural diversity of the US and promoting the equality of all cultural traditions

Back 6

multiculturalism

Front 7

the dominance of European cultural patterns

Back 7

Eurocentrism

Front 8

emphasizing and promoting African cultural patterns

Back 8

Afrocentrism

Front 9

cultural patterns that strongly oppose those widely accepted within a society

Back 9

counterculture

Front 10

what we think, how we act and what we own

Back 10

culture includes

Front 11

does not help to generate cultural change?

Back 11

death

Front 12

The __________ views culture as a relatively stable system built on core values.

Back 12

structural-functional paradigm

Front 13

Arguments supporting multiculturalism include all of the following except:

Back 13

making English the official language of the United States

Front 14

All of the following are artifacts except

Back 14

values

Front 15

Which of the following items does sociologist Robin Williams not consider a key value in U.S. culture?

Back 15

Speaking only English in public

Front 16

Which of the following is not one of the limitations to the global culture thesis?

Back 16

Global Internet access is not available to everyone

Front 17

Which of the following groups is not or has not been considered part of a counterculture in American society?

Back 17

Members of the Democratic party

Front 18

According to the text, cultural values and beliefs do all of the following except

Back 18

link us with the past

Front 19

Which sociologist developed the term sociocultural evolution to explain the changes that a society goes through with increased technology?

Back 19

Lenski

Front 20

Which of the following is not a problem of the limits of technology discussed in the text?

Back 20

environmental issues

Front 21

Which of the following is not one of the ways that capitalism alienates workers?

Back 21

alienation from a sense of community in general

Front 22

Which of the following is not one of the characteristics of rational social organization?

Back 22

alienation

Front 23

The most significant form of social conflict is class conflict originating from the way a society produces material goods according to which sociologist?

Back 23

Marx

Front 24

The settlement pattern of cities becoming common but generally containing only a small proportion of the population is characteristic of which type of society?

Back 24

agrarian

Front 25

The population size is "millions of people" for all of the following types of societies except:

Back 25

horticultural and pastoral.

Front 26

__________ is a system by which people share more-or-less equally in the production of food and other material goods.

Back 26

Communism

Front 27

__________ is social integration based on specialization and interdependence.

Back 27

Organic solidarity

Front 28

built on kinship.

Back 28

Hunting and gathering societies

Front 29

______________ increased food production so societies could support hundreds of people instead of dozens.

Back 29

Domesticating animals and plants

Front 30

Society's occupational structure changes dramatically during

Back 30

postindustrialism.

Front 31

is more concerned with functional interdependence than moral consensus.

Back 31

Modernity

Front 32

were characterized by dramatic social inequality.

Back 32

Agrarian societies

Front 33

is the struggle between segments of society over valued and scarce resources.

Back 33

Proletarianism