Question

Your friend Jerome tells you that he believes culture is an innate biological aspect of human societies. Having already taken an introductory sociology class, you disagree, arguing that modes of behavior and understanding are not universal or natural. You give the example of the disagreement between indigenous Americans and colonial Europeans about whether land was something that could be owned. You are trying to illustrate the idea of

a. cultural scripts.

b. cultural lag.

c. reflection theory.

d. culture shock.

Answer 1

Cultural scripts are the shared expectations and behaviors that shape how people perceive and interpret the world.

Step-by-step explanation:

When indigenous Americans and colonial Europeans disagreed about whether land could be owned, they were highlighting the concept of cultural scripts. Cultural scripts are the shared expectations and behaviors that shape how people perceive and interpret the world. In this case, the different cultural scripts of the indigenous Americans and the colonial Europeans led to a disagreement about the ownership of land.