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1、Answer:featuresthatarecommontoallculturesFindtheMainIdeaWhatareculturaluniversals?CulturalVariationsSubcultureGroupsthatsharetraitswitheachotherbutnotthelargersocietyExamplesaregroupsorganizedbyage,gender,politics,orgeographyMostdonotrejectallofthevaluesofthelarg
2、ersocietyMostsubculturesdonotthreatenthelargerAmericancultureCountercultureCounterculturesadoptvaluesthataredesignedtochallengethevaluesofthelargersocietyExamplesaregroupssuchascyberpunks,anarchists,theMafia,andhippiesReadingCheckContrastWhatisthedifferencebetwee
3、nasubcultureandacounterculture?Answer:Subculturesacceptmostvaluesofthecoresociety,buthavecertainvariations,suchaslanguage,notsharedbythelargersociety;counterculturerejectsthevaluesoflargersocietyandsubstitutesitsownsetofvaluesandculturalpatterns.CulturalDiversity
4、andSociologyTheAdaptiveAmericanCultureThelonghistoryofimmigrationtotheUnitedStateshasresultedinanAmericanculturethatembracesvalues,behaviors,andmaterialculturefromotherculturesaroundtheworld.LatinoinfluenceisespeciallystrongasHispanicsarethelargestminoritygroupIn
5、fluencesfood,clothes,andcarsavailableLatinoholidaysarecelebratedSpanish-languageadvertisementsarecommonSouthAsiansarebecomingalargerandlargerportionofU.S.populationPakistaniandIndianfoodhasquicklybecomemorepopularBollywoodmoviesarepopularAtaGlanceTheAmericanValue
6、SystemOvertheyears,sociologistshaveidentifiedwhattheybelievearethecorevaluesofAmericansociety.Amongthesevaluesarework,individualism,moralityandhumanitarianism,personalachievement,andothers.Americanvalueshavenotstayedthesameovertime,however.Newvalues,suchasrespect
7、fortheenvironment,regularlydevelopandbecomepartofAmericanculture.TheAmericanValueSystemMainIdeaEventhoughAmericansocietyisquitediverse,therearecertaincorevaluesthatthevastmajorityofAmericansshare.ReadingFocusWhataretraditionalAmericanvalues?Howhaveourvalueschange
8、dsincethe1970s?AmericanValuesSummaryPersonalControlOvertheEnvironmentChangeTimeandItsControlIndividualismandEqualityOrientationtoActionPrivacySelf-HelpConceptC
