Exam 14: Culture

Brands that we closely link to our rituals are called ________ brands; once they become imbedded in our rituals we are unlikely to replace them.

A style typically begins as a risky or unique statement by a relatively small group of people.

Pavel is an inventor.He read that there were several million people who could not sleep at night until they looked under the bed.He invented a light that could be put under the bed and went on automatically when someone looked there.Pavel's product is designed to help people perform a ________.

When Bob,a wealthy real estate investor,saw an inner city kid wearing a heavy gold chain with a medallion around his neck,Bob wanted the same for himself.Bob's behavior is best explained by the ________.

In the modern holiday ritual of Christmas,the figures of Christ and Santa can be seen as binary opposites; one promotes selflessness while the other promotes materialism.

Once a culture is established,it doesn't change.An apparent change in a culture is simply the emergence of a new culture.

In the cultural production process,the people who control the flow of information between producers and customers are called ________.

The systematic acquisition of a particular object or set of objects is called ________.

A special ritual marking a person's transition from one role to another is called a ________.

Fashion refers to ________.

Define rites of passage.Describe the three rites of passage phases.Give at least two rites of passage examples.

Romance novels often follow a cultural formula.

Gift giving involves economic and symbolic exchange.

A cultural production system is a ________.

________ is when ordinary objects,events,and even people take on sacred meaning.

________ is the way people maintain an orderly social life.

A culture production system is a set of individuals and organizations that create and market cultural products.

The Macah,a Native American tribe from the Northwest,built functional seagoing canoes that are considered works of art by modern shipbuilders.By definition,these boats would be considered ________.

The worldwide popularity of McDonald's suggests that there is a global consumer culture that unites people around the world by their common devotion to brands.

A fad is a relatively long-term acceptance cycle in today's marketplace because of the money necessary to develop the fad.