A subculture is
A. the totality of learned, socially transmitted behavior.
B. a large number of people who live in the same territory, are relatively independent of people outside it, and participate in a common culture.
C. a specialized language that is used by members of a group.
D. a segment of society that shares a distinctive pattern of customs, rules, and traditions that differs from the pattern of the larger group.
Answer: D
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a. Agricultural societies b. Industrial societies c. Feudal societies d. Preindustrial societies
According to Bonilla-Silva and his colleagues, white identity is all but which of the following?
a. a significant social category b. a phenomenon that results in whites getting preferential treatment c. a phenomenon that results in whites getting the benefit of the doubt by the society at large d. a cultural mechanism to suppress minority groups e. none of the above
A paradigm can be defined as:
a. Philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them.
b. The social ties that bind a group of people together such as kinship, shared location, and religion
c. The consequences of a social process that are sought or anticipated
d. Social patterns that have undesirable consequences for the operation of society
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a. has risen slightly b. has been increasing dramatically c. has seen a decline d. has not changed