Section 1: The American Value System Section 2: Social Control CHAPTER 3 Cultural Conformity and Adaptation Section 1: The American Value System Section 2: Social Control Section 3: Social Change

Question: What basic values form the foundation of American culture? SECTION 1 The American Value System Question: What basic values form the foundation of American culture?

Traditional American Values SECTION 1 The American Value System Traditional American Values  personal achievement  individualism  work  morality and humanitarianism  efficiency and practicality  progress and material comfort  equality and democracy

SECTION 2 Social Control Question: How are the norms of society enforced, and what are the four types of sanctions?

Social Control SECTION 2 ENFORCEMENT OF SOCIAL NORMS Internalization: Sanctions: rewards or punishments used to enforce conformity to norms how a norm becomes part of a person’s personality, thus conditioning the person to conform to society’s expectations Positive: Negative: Formal: Informal: action that rewards a particular kind of behavior punishment or the threat of punishment to enforce conformity reward or punish-ment by a formal organization or regulatory agency, such as the government spontaneous expression of approval or disapproval by an individual or group

Question: What are the main sources of social change? Social Change SECTION 3 Social Change Question: What are the main sources of social change?

Social Change SECTION 3 Source of Social Change Example Social Consequence values and beliefs technology population diffusion physical environment wars and conquests

Chapter Wrap-Up CHAPTER 3 1. What are the core American values outlined by Robin M. Williams and James M. Henslin? 2. What new American values have emerged in recent years? 3. Identify the two methods through which society enforces norms. 4. Explain the difference between positive sanctions and negative sanctions by giving and example of each. 5. What role do government policies play in enforcing cultural values and social norms? 6. How are the civil rights movement and the women’s rights movement examples of social change? 7. How has cultural diffusion changed eating habits in the United States? 8. For what reasons do people resist change?