A subculture ?

Correct answer: A. includes members of a group that participate in the main culture while sharing another culture

  • A. includes members of a group that participate in the main culture while sharing another culture
  • B. is a set of patterned and recurrent aspects of life that appear in all known societies?
  • C. is always at odds with the ways of the larger society
  • D. uses a value-free approach that views people from the perspective of their own culture

Explanation

A subculture shares the wider society’s main culture while also developing distinctive values, practices, or styles of its own. It need not oppose the larger society, and viewing cultures without judging them is cultural relativism.

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