Chapter 3

• Define culture, language, and symbols, and use the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis to illustrate how the three concepts are interrelated.
• Discuss the difference between material culture and nonmaterial culture, as well as describe their relationship.
• Define and provide examples of beliefs, norms, and values.
• Distinguish the differences between ideal culture and real culture and identify multiple examples of cultural inconsistency in everyday American culture.
• Compare and contrast ethnocentrism and cultural relativism worldviews.
• Explain how social is class is reproduced over time, including discussion of the concepts of high culture, popular culture, and cultural capital.
• Apply a functionalist or conflict perspective to the cultural aspect of some phenomena.
• Utilize sociological terms to illustrate cultural explanations for the English-only debate, the prevalence of rape, and globalization.