According to the Structural-Functionalist View of Culture

question 63

Multiple Choice

According to the structural-functionalist view of culture:

• A) Dominant groups may impose their cultural beliefs on minorities and other subcultural groups.
• B) The meaning of symbols is learned through interaction with others.
• C) Cultural lag occurs when shifts in society occur unequally between material culture and nonmaterial culture.
• D) Shared norms, values, and beliefs hold a society or subculture together.

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Definitions:

Generalization Gradient

A visual representation of the response strength produced by stimuli of varying degrees of similarity to the training stimulus.

Discrimination Graph

A graphical representation used to illustrate the process and outcome of discrimination learning, showing how different stimuli are associated with specific responses.

Inhibitory Generalization Gradient

A graph showing the level of generalization from an inhibitory conditioned stimulus (CS1) to other stimuli.

Excitatory Generalization Gradient

The phenomenon in which the response to a stimulus spreads to similar stimuli, reflecting the degree of stimulus similarity.