Language, beliefs, values, rules of behavior, family patterns, and political systems are examples ...

Language, beliefs, values, rules of behavior, family patterns, and political systems are examples of:
 
  a. nonmaterial culture. b. symbolic culture.
 c. material culture. d. cultural universals.

Question 2

Sociologist Charles H. Cooley used the term __________ to describe a small, less specialized group in which members engage in face-to-face, emotion-based interactions over an extended period of time.
 
  a. secondary group
 b. formal group
 c. informal group
 d. primary group

Question 3

Apply the functional perspective on aging.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 4

_____ consist(s) of the abstract or intangible human creations of society that influence people's behavior.
 
  a. Material culture b. Technology
 c. Nonmaterial culture d. Cultural universals

Question 5

Women with blue eyes, people who wear contact lenses, people over 7 feet tall, and college men who belong to a fraternity are each an example of a(n) __________.
 
  a. social group
 b. category
 c. aggregate
 d. formal organization

Question 6

Describe life in nursing homes.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 7

Sociologists define __________ as the knowledge, techniques, and tools that make it possible for people to transform resources into usable forms, and the knowledge and skills required to use them after they are developed.
 
  a. industrialization b. technology
 c. material culture d. cybernetics