Question 1

Proscriptive norms state what behaviours are appropriate and acceptable.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Over 12 million Canadians identify as Catholic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

According to the text,in which of the following would you be participating in material culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  attending a religious service 
B)  building shelter 
C)  going to the theatre 
D)  studying a new language 
A)  attending a religious service 
B)  building shelter 
C)  going to the theatre 
D)  studying a new language

Question 4

According to Marx,social leaders use what cultural system to maintain positions of dominance in society?

Accepted Answer

A)  force 
B)  discord 
C)  values 
D)  ideology 
A)  force 
B)  discord 
C)  values 
D)  ideology

Question 5

What do functionalists argue about popular culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  It serves as the glue that holds society together. 
B)  It can glorify things like crime,which undermines core cultural values rather than reinforces them. 
C)  In the form of television and the Internet,it helps integrate recent immigrants into the mainstream culture. 
D)  It can homogenize long-term residents as a result of seeing the same images and being exposed to the same beliefs and values. 
A)  It serves as the glue that holds society together. 
B)  It can glorify things like crime,which undermines core cultural values rather than reinforces them. 
C)  In the form of television and the Internet,it helps integrate recent immigrants into the mainstream culture. 
D)  It can homogenize long-term residents as a result of seeing the same images and being exposed to the same beliefs and values.

Question 6

Language is solely a human characteristic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

You have been asked to give a brief presentation to your Introduction to Sociology class on the acquisition of human culture.What will be the basic message of your presentation?

Accepted Answer

A)  We learn about culture through interaction,observation,and imitation in order to participate as members of a group. 
B)  We are born with a shared sense of who we are and where we belong. 
C)  Rules about civility,tolerance,and how to communicate with one another are reflexes,drives,and instincts humans share. 
D)  Culture comes from the toolkit given to us by nature. 
A)  We learn about culture through interaction,observation,and imitation in order to participate as members of a group. 
B)  We are born with a shared sense of who we are and where we belong. 
C)  Rules about civility,tolerance,and how to communicate with one another are reflexes,drives,and instincts humans share. 
D)  Culture comes from the toolkit given to us by nature.

Question 8

How do Hutterites apply the principle of nonassimilation?

Accepted Answer

A predominant tenet of Hutterite faith i

Question 9

There is a new nurse starting work at the General Hospital today.The head of staffing can't tell from the name if the nurse is male or female.The head of staffing automatically refers to the new nurse as she before meeting them.What is this an example of?

Accepted Answer

A)  ignoring women through our use of language 
B)  our gender expectations as they relate to profession 
C)  the negative or positive connotations of words when they relate to males or females 
D)  a language-based predisposition 
A)  ignoring women through our use of language 
B)  our gender expectations as they relate to profession 
C)  the negative or positive connotations of words when they relate to males or females 
D)  a language-based predisposition

Question 10

What do sociologists refer to as "the knowledge,language,values,customs,and material objects that are passed from person to person and from one generation to the next in a human group or society"?

Accepted Answer

A)  culture 
B)  society 
C)  social organization 
D)  religion 
A)  culture 
B)  society 
C)  social organization 
D)  religion

Question 11

The popularity of shawarma in Ottawa is an example of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  cross-cultural advertising 
B)  cultural lag 
C)  cultural diffusion 
D)  cultural diversity 
A)  cross-cultural advertising 
B)  cultural lag 
C)  cultural diffusion 
D)  cultural diversity

Question 12

Which of the following is based on the tendency to regard one's own culture and group as the standard,and thus superior to all other groups?

Accepted Answer

A)  group superiority 
B)  ethnocentrism 
C)  the authoritarian personality 
D)  self-centeredness 
A)  group superiority 
B)  ethnocentrism 
C)  the authoritarian personality 
D)  self-centeredness

Question 13

Interactionism provides a systematic framework for analyzing how we shape culture and how,in turn,it shapes us.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Spiders build webs because of their culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of the following is a taboo found in virtually every society?

Accepted Answer

A)  public urination 
B)  incest 
C)  nudity 
D)  premarital sex 
A)  public urination 
B)  incest 
C)  nudity 
D)  premarital sex

Question 16

The English language is gender neutral.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Tim is dusting and starts to sneeze.What is this an example of?

Accepted Answer

A)  reflex 
B)  a drive 
C)  nurture 
D)  culture 
A)  reflex 
B)  a drive 
C)  nurture 
D)  culture

Question 18

Swastikas,flags,and emoticons are all examples of what?

Accepted Answer

A)  language 
B)  nature 
C)  symbols 
D)  material culture 
A)  language 
B)  nature 
C)  symbols 
D)  material culture

Question 19

Real culture is always the same as ideal culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which statement matches the perspective on culture with the correct theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Postmodernists demonstrate "reality" is not what it seems and speak of cultures,rather than culture. 
B)  Conflict theorists highlight how people maintain and change culture through their interactions with others. 
C)  Functionalists examine the intertwining relationship among race,gender,and popular culture. 
D)  Interactionists help us see how popular culture promotes consumption of commodities. 
A)  Postmodernists demonstrate "reality" is not what it seems and speak of cultures,rather than culture. 
B)  Conflict theorists highlight how people maintain and change culture through their interactions with others. 
C)  Functionalists examine the intertwining relationship among race,gender,and popular culture. 
D)  Interactionists help us see how popular culture promotes consumption of commodities.

Exam 3: Culture

Proscriptive norms state what behaviours are appropriate and acceptable.

Over 12 million Canadians identify as Catholic.

According to the text,in which of the following would you be participating in material culture?

According to Marx,social leaders use what cultural system to maintain positions of dominance in society?

What do functionalists argue about popular culture?

Language is solely a human characteristic.

You have been asked to give a brief presentation to your Introduction to Sociology class on the acquisition of human culture.What will be the basic message of your presentation?

How do Hutterites apply the principle of nonassimilation?

There is a new nurse starting work at the General Hospital today.The head of staffing can't tell from the name if the nurse is male or female.The head of staffing automatically refers to the new nurse as she before meeting them.What is this an example of?

What do sociologists refer to as "the knowledge,language,values,customs,and material objects that are passed from person to person and from one generation to the next in a human group or society"?

The popularity of shawarma in Ottawa is an example of which of the following?

Which of the following is based on the tendency to regard one's own culture and group as the standard,and thus superior to all other groups?

Interactionism provides a systematic framework for analyzing how we shape culture and how,in turn,it shapes us.

Spiders build webs because of their culture.

Which of the following is a taboo found in virtually every society?

The English language is gender neutral.

Tim is dusting and starts to sneeze.What is this an example of?

Swastikas,flags,and emoticons are all examples of what?

Real culture is always the same as ideal culture.

Which statement matches the perspective on culture with the correct theory?

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