A useful metaphor your text's authors use to explain society and culture is that society is the ______, and culture is the ______ of our social world.

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The authors compare society to hardware because it provides the physical infrastructure and framework for social interactions, much like hardware provides the physical infrastructure for a computer. They compare culture to software because it refers to the intangible elements of society such as beliefs, values, and customs, much like software refers to the intangible programs and applications that run on a computer's hardware. Therefore, the best choice is B) hardware (society) and software (culture).

A Useful Metaphor Your Text's Authors Use to Explain Society