Multiple choice

Cultural lag is the difference between which of the following?

  1. Material cultures of the same society

  2. Non-material cultures of different societies

  3. Material and non-material culture of a society

  4. Economic and political culture of a society.
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Explanation

William Ogburn's theory of cultural lag states that material culture (technology) tends to change more rapidly than non-material culture (values, beliefs, laws). This discrepancy creates a period of maladjustment within the society.

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