Chapter 3 Review

3. A term used to describe sociology's emphasis on the importance of understanding culture in everyday life.
6. The number of people living in a certain geographic area who share a common culture and feeling of solidarity.
8. Rewards or punishments that the society or group devises to enforce the norms.
11. A situation in which some aspects of the culture change less rapidly or lag behind.
12. Long-term conscious effort to provide or prevent social change.
13. The way of life of a number of people within society but they don't share all of the traits of the main society.
14. Widely shared and accepted behaviors in different cultures
16. Respect for cultural diversity and promotion of equality of different cultures.
19. Status quo.
20. Different cultures being absorbed into a mainstream culture.

1. The analysis of nonverbal cultural meanings and opens up a field for both sociology and anthropology.
2. The group-shared rules of behavior
4. the etiquette and customs of a person that are not of critical importance to the society.
5. The norms set up and enforced by the state.
7. The belief that your way of life/culture is the best
9. Something that occurs as people start to believe a particular norm is good, useful, or appropriate and they willingly abide by it and think others should do the same.
10. The behavior expected of a person because of their position in the social structure or group.
15. The way of life; shared learned behavior of a group of people
17. Any vehicle of meaning or set of elements used to communicate.
18. The rules of behavior that are very important to the society and whose violation would endanger its fundamental stability.