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Social Psychology (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134641287

Author:Elliot Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, Robin M. Akert, Samuel R. Sommers

Publisher:Elliot Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, Robin M. Akert, Samuel R. Sommers

Chapter1: Introducing Social Psychology

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1) Explain the difference between material culture and nonmaterial culture. How does one
affect the expression of the other?

2. What are some examples of symbols that different cultural groups in the United States interpret differently? (For example, the Confederate flag represent regional pride to some and a history of oppression to others).

3. What are key values of U.S. culture? What changes in cultural patterns have come with increasing immigration? Has “diversity” always been a positive value in U.S. culture? To what extent is it a positive value today?

4. Provide examples of mores and folkways that you learned when growing up. Are these norms taught today? How have the core values of U.S. culture such as achievement and success reflected in childhood games?

5. What is virtual culture? How has its development reshaped U.S. culture? Is a technologically more advanced society necessarily a superior one? Explain.

6. Do you agree with the text’s claim that high culture is not necessarily superior to popular culture? Why do many people assume that this is the case?

7. Do you think that there is a “youth culture” in the United States? To the extent that this pattern exists, is it a dominant cultural pattern or a distinct U.S. subculture? Why?

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