A group of people who reside in the United States do not agree with the American values of material success, patriarchy, and marriage. They have chosen to isolate themselves from mainstream society by forming a commune where women and men are equal and marriage is forbidden. This group would be considered a:
a. subculture.
b. type of organized crime mob.
c. sub-group.
d. counterculture.
Question 2Groups that have values, interests, beliefs, and lifestyles that are opposed to those of the larger society are called:
a. deviant subgroups.
b. countercultures.
c. disloyal antagonists.
d. subcultures.
Question 3Betty has just taken a position with a different corporation. She is quite frustrated because workers in her new office have a different approach than what she is used to. Her co-workers use terms that she has not heard before and have their own ways of dividing the work and covering for each other. Betty is reacting to:
a. a subculture.
b. cultural diffusion.
c. a counterculture.
d. changing mores.
Question 4Groups that share in the overall culture of society but maintain their own distinctive values, norms, and lifestyles are called:
a. deviant subgroups.
b. subcultures.
c. countercultures.
d. supercultures.
Question 5The discrepancy between cultural norms and people's actual behavior is called:
a. sanctioning.
b. mores.
c. deviance.
d. folkways.
Question 6Research indicates that half of all married men and women in our society have committed adultery. This example shows that:
a. normative behavior always reflects actual behavior.
b. many norms are unimportant.
c. our mores regarding marital fidelity are very powerful.
d. norms are not always a good guide to what people actually do.
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