Cultural lag occurs because people in most societies are

A. less likely to change their material culture than their cognitive culture.
B. more likely to change their material culture than their nonmaterial culture.
C. more likely to modify cultural universals than create new customs and practices.
D. more likely to change their nonmaterial culture than their material culture.


Answer: B

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