What is cultural lag?

A. viewing people's behavior only from the perspective of one's own culture
B. the length of time it takes for cognitive culture to spread from one society to the next
C. the relationship between material and nonmaterial culture and how a change in one results in change in the other
D. an adjustment period when nonmaterial culture struggles to adapt to new material conditions


Answer: D

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