Which of the following is a key difference between a society and a culture?

a. Societies serve as the common core that enables communication between people, whereas cultures do not.
b. Cultures have political significance, whereas societies do not.
c. A society is composed of people, whereas a culture is composed of the ideas and behavior of those people and the shared meanings among them.
d. A society can exist independently of a culture, whereas a culture is dependent on a society for its survival because society serves as the foundation for a culture.


Answer: c. A society is composed of people, whereas a culture is composed of the ideas and behavior of those people and the shared meanings among them.

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a. true b. false

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Although critical theorists possess a multi-dimensionality to the issues of action and order, the authors’ consider their work to be primarily

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