What Evidence Do Sociologists Have for the Claim That Dominant

question 55

Multiple Choice

What evidence do sociologists have for the claim that dominant culture is an ideology?

• A) Subcultures do not survive for more than a generation.
• B) Few people engage in subcultures.
• C) Dominant cultures eliminate subcultures.
• D) Dominant cultures suggest that their cultural practices are the practices of all people in a society.

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Definitions:

Observational Learning

A learning process where individuals acquire new behaviors or information by watching others.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired; a response that is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.

Imprinting

The process by which some animals exhibit the fixed action pattern (FAP) of attachment in response to a releasing stimulus. The FAP occurs during a critical period and is difficult to modify.

Cognitively Accurate

Referring to thoughts or perceptions that correctly represent reality.