alleryStart learning →Values describe an ideal culture. What does real culture describe?
AThe way society actually is
BThe way society hopes to be
CThe rules society writes down
DThe goals society sets itself
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. The way society actually is
1. Values say how people ought to behave, which is not the same as how they do behave.
2. Ideal culture is the standard a society would like to live up to.
3. Real culture is the way society actually is, based on what occurs and exists.
4. Traffic accidents and poverty belong to real culture, not to the ideal one.
_Source: OpenStax Introduction to Sociology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 "Culture", Ch 4 "Society and Social Interaction" and Ch 5 "Socialization", section 3.2 Elements of Culture_
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