Chapter 3 - Culture - SOC 1000

30 fill-in-the-blank flashcards covering definitions, theories, and key distinctions from the SOC 1000 lecture on culture.

In sociology, __ is defined as "the sum total of the social environment in which we are raised and continue to be socialized throughout our lives."

culture

From a post-modern perspective, there is no single "__ culture"; instead, Canada contains a multiplicity of diverse cultures.

Canadian

Objects such as tools and buildings are examples of __ culture.

material

Beliefs, values, and language are elements of __ culture.

non-material

According to the - hypothesis, language shapes reality for its speakers.

Sapir–Whorf

The experience of feeling disoriented when encountering an unfamiliar culture is known as .

culture shock

Feeling disoriented after returning home from another culture is called __ culture shock.

reverse

Using different adjectives for men and women (e.g., "bossy" vs. "assertive") is an example of __ language.

gendered

Society’s expectations for how we should act, think, and look are called __.

norms

Informal norms based on accepted traditions are known as __.

folkways

Formal, institutionalized norms embedded in law are called __.

mores

Behaviours considered inherently wrong (e.g., cannibalism) are referred to as __.

taboos

Rules that tell us what we should do are __ norms.

prescriptive

Rules that tell us what we should not do are __ norms.

proscriptive

Collectively shared criteria for judging right and wrong are called __.

values

One stated __ value is equality and fairness for all.

Canadian

Durkheim viewed norms and values as __ facts that are internalized by members of society.

social

The gap between the values people claim to uphold and the behaviours they actually follow is the difference between and culture.

ideal; real

Understanding a culture in its own terms rather than judging it by one’s own standards is called .

cultural relativism

The belief that one’s own culture is superior to others is known as __.

ethnocentrism

Groups with language, norms, or values that diverge from the mainstream but are not oppositional are called __.

subcultures

Groups whose norms and values are in opposition to the dominant culture are known as __.

countercultures

__ culture refers to the tastes and practices of society’s elite, such as ballet and opera.

High

__ culture encompasses the everyday practices of the masses, like pop music and Hollywood films.

Popular

Bourdieu argued that elite culture helps reproduce social __ through cultural and educational practices.

classes

The Frankfurt School maintained that popular culture serves the __ class by exploiting the lower classes.

dominant

Adorno claimed that popular culture reduces art to mere commodities, a process called __.

commodification

Storey described popular culture as an "__ conceptual category" that can be filled with varying meanings.

empty

Peterson’s notion of refers to people (from any class) who consume both high and popular cultural forms.

cultural omnivores