Americans glorify academic progress and material success. However, most students do not graduate with honors and most citizens are not wealthy. This condition characterizes the difference between _____ and _____.

a. value clusters; value contradictions
b. material culture; symbolic culture
c. real culture; ideal culture
d. sub-culture; counter culture

Respuesta :

Answer:

c. real culture; ideal culture.

Explanation:

The social institutions, arts, value, norms, and other human intellectual achievements of a social group, community or nation is termed as culture. There are different perceptions of culture which includes real and ideal culture. Ideal culture refers to the values and norms which has been idealized or claimed by a culture while on the other hand real culture refers to the norms and values which are actually followed by a culture. For example, American society promotes the ideals of academic progress and material success but they do not reflect in society.