Sociology
Chapter 2--Culture
Study Guide
The Test will
come from the following areas:
1.
Terms:
material culture, nonmaterial culture. culture,
society, technology, language, values, norms, folkways, mores, laws, culture
trait, culture complex, culture pattern, subculture, counterculture, cultural
universals, ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, cultural diffusion, cultural
lag, cultural leveling, self fulfillment, narcissism
2.
Components
of Culture:
- Define the meaning of the term culture
and explain how material culture and non- material culture differ.
- Determine
how cultures can be organized according to traits, complexes, and patterns.
- Identify
and describe the basic components of culture.
3.
Studying
Culture:
- Describe
cultural universals and explain why they exist.
- Explain what the terms ethnocentrism and cultural
relativism mean.
- Identify factors that account for variations
among and within cultures.
4. The American Values System: