NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
SOCIOLOGY
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The beliefs of a religious group
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The beliefs of a political group
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The beliefs, ideas and practices of a particular group or society
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A culture is a way of life of a group of people–the behaviors, beliefs, values, and symbols that they accept, generally without thinking about them, and that are passed along by communication and imitation from one generation to the next. Culture is symbolic communication.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cultural beliefs are beliefs that are learned and shared across groups of people. Because the amount of information in a culture is too large for any one individual to master, individuals know different subsets of the cultural knowledge and thus can vary in their cultural competence.
Detailed explanation-3: -To clarify, a culture represents the beliefs, practices, and material artifacts of a group, while a society represents the social structures, processes, and organization of the people who share those beliefs, practices, and material artifacts.
Detailed explanation-4: -To clarify, a culture represents the beliefs, practices and artifacts of a group, while society represents the social structures and organization of the people who share those beliefs and practices. Neither society nor culture could exist without the other.