Which of the following statements about norms is FALSE?
A. Norms are rigid.
B. Norms can change over time.
C. Norms can tell people what they should do as well as what they should not do.
D. Norms can bridge a culture's ideas and practices.
Answer: A
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a. eliminate the need for formal education b. legitimize the current patterns of inequality c. make the class system more open d. motivate the poor to work harder
Being homeless because you were laid off, yet denied unemployment because you don't have childcare, and not qualifying for welfare because you technically qualify for unemployment, is an example of a
a) social issue. b) sign of inadequacy. c) sign of dysfunction. d) work skills issue.
What fraction of languages are in danger of extinction?
a. 1/8 b. 1/4 c. 1/3 d. 1/2
Culture lag occurs because people in most societies are
A. more likely to modify cultural universals. B. less likely to change their folkways. C. less likely to resist change to their nonmaterial culture. D. less likely to resist change to their material culture.