alleryStart learning →A smaller cultural group living inside a larger culture is called what?
AA subculture
BA high culture
CA cultural lag
DA total group
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. A subculture
1. Cultures are not uniform on the inside; they carry their own variations.
2. A group that shares a specific identity while still sitting inside the larger culture is a subculture.
3. Its members still take part in the wider society around them.
_Source: OpenStax Introduction to Sociology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 "Culture", Ch 4 "Society and Social Interaction" and Ch 5 "Socialization", section 3.3 Pop Culture, Subculture, and Cultural Change_
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