The shared knowledge, beliefs, customs, and symbols of a society are called its ______.

A. subculture
B. material culture
C. nonmaterial culture
D. counterculture


C. nonmaterial culture

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Both black and white sororities were shaped by the same values

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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What was the specific Protestant theology that influenced Max Weber's theories of social change and the development of The Spirit of Capitalism?

A) Jehovah's Witness B) The Book of Mormon C) 7th Day Adventist D) Calvinism

Sociology

Formal efforts to control crime can be classified under three headings. Which of the following is one of these three headings?

A. anomie B. rehabilitation C. differential association D. reward

Sociology

How might we understand culture differently if we study it as a symbolic interactionist, a structural functionalist, or a conflict theorist? In your discussion of this question, pay attention to the main assumptions of the three theories and how they translate into the study of culture. What beneficial knowledge can we gain by studying culture through each of these three lenses?

What will be an ideal response?

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