Exam 3: Culture

______________ is/are a set of symbols that expresses ideas and enables people to think and communicate with one another.

Explain the relationship between language and gender.Include a discussion on the cultural assumptions about women and men and the use of language.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a way in which language may create and reinforce negative perceptions about race and ethnicity?

Values provide ideals of beliefs about behavior but do not state explicitly how we should behave. are established rules of behavior or standards of conduct.

______________ are collective ideas about what is right or wrong,good or bad,and desirable or undesirable in a particular culture.

Norms are established rules of behavior or standards of conduct.

According to many______________theorists,popular culture serves a significant purpose in society in that it may be the "glue" that holds society together.

A reflex is an unlearned,biologically determined behavior pattern common to all members of a species that predictably occurs whenever certain environmental conditions exist.

Norms are also classified according to their relative social importance.______________are informal norms or everyday customs that may be violated without serious consequences within a particular culture.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005,many people in the United States were more willing to make generous contributions to help the survivors of this natural disaster than they were to help the long-term homeless and disadvantaged throughout the United States.This is an example of:

Even though the specifics of individual cultures vary widely,all cultures have four common material cultural components: symbols,language,values,and norms.

______________ are a particular culture's strongly held norms with moral and ethical connotations that may not be violated without serious consequences.

Cultural imperialism is the extensive infusion of one nation's culture into other nations.For example,some view the widespread infusion of the English language into countries that speak other languages as a form of cultural imperialism.

New Age ideologies,the "Go Green" movement,locally grown food movements,and the resurgence of farmers' markets are all examples of what type of fads?

The English language ignores women by using the masculine form:

Define language and show how it can help shape our social reality.

In Argentina,rotating one's index finger around the front of the ear means "you have a telephone call",but in the United States it usually means that you are suggesting that a person is "crazy".Both of these gestures exemplify:

A strength of the______________on culture is its focus on the needs of society and the fact that stability is essential for society's continued survival.

______________ culture consists of classical music,opera,ballet,live theater,and other activities usually patronized by elite audiences,composed primarily of members of the upper-middle and upper classes who have the time,money,and knowledge assumed to be necessary for its appreciation.

______________ is the belief that the behaviors and customs of any culture must be viewed and analyzed by the culture's own standards.