A.   Culture is limited to rules or guidelines about what kind of behavior is acceptable and appropriate within a particular situation.

B.   Culture is the entire way of life of a group of people, and it acts as a lens through which we view the world.

C.   Culture is reactions to ways people follow or disobey norms in society.

D.   Culture is the principle of evaluating another group or individual as abnormal or inferior.

A.   Language

B.   Multiculturalism

C.   History

D.   Technology

A.   By culture wars

B.   By signs

C.   By sanctions

D.   By multiculturalism

A.   Incest

B.   Bankruptcy

C.   Drunkenness

D.   Divorce

A.   in social interaction, nonverbal communication is as powerful as language.

B.   language can structure our perception of reality.

C.   although we have different labels for things, all humans share the same sense of social perception.

D.   we relate to each other on a symbolic rather than a literal level.

A.   institutionalized

B.   cognitively disadvantaged

C.   feral

D.   environmentally challenged

A.   Vandalism, truancy, and other forms of deviance

B.   Math, reading, and science

C.   Civics and the principles of American government

D.   Punctuality, neatness, and discipline

A.   Family values are strong today in the United States.

B.   Respect for parents is one of the key values of modern society.

C.   No matter what stage of life we are in, the family plays an important role in our everyday lives.

D.   The family is where we begin the socialization process before there are any other competing influences.

A.   how young children come to realize that they have a separate identity.

B.   why it is so difficult to see ourselves as others do.

C.   how we develop a self-concept based on our perceptions of others’ judgments of us.

D.   why we respond to the generalized other.

A.   Social isolation

B.   Status conflict

C.   Socialization

D.   Personality

A.   criminal activities

B.   actions that are harmful to society

C.   violations of social norms

D.   immoral or unethical behaviors

A.   violate a law.

B.   depart from a norm and generate a negative reaction.

C.   cause harm or injury to someone.

D.   inspire feelings of revulsion or disgust.

A.   conflict theory

B.   labeling theory

C.   functionalist theory

D.   symbolic interactionism

A.   the emotional appeal of deviant acts.

B.   crime.

C.   the extremely wealthy.

D.   mental illness.

A.   formal sanctions

B.   sanction labeling

C.   cultural deviance

D.   social order

A.   deviance that relates to a criminal record

B.   deviance that actively harms someone physically

C.   instances where a rule violation is, or seems to be, an admirable act that should be supported

D.   the form of acts that come with secondary deviance