Exam 14: Culture

Casting directors,textbook authors,and retail buyers are all examples of formal gatekeepers in the culture production process.

Explain the three distinct stages of gift-giving rituals.

Tory Burch flats,cage-free eggs,electric cars,selfies,and high tech furniture are part of the ________.

Culture is best described as a society's ________.

Grooming rituals express two kinds of binary opposition: private/public and ________.

Wedding rice,birthday candles,and diplomas are considered ________.

An interrelated function in culture that maintains social order because it authorizes a social cope for members of a culture to follow is called psychological.

Which functional area of culture is most closely related to the idea of a common worldview?

The story goes that a young George Washington cut down his father's cherry tree with a hatchet.Young Washington was then asked who might have committed this act.Even though the boy feared punishment,George replied,"I cannot tell a lie; I cut down the cherry tree." This story has taken on mythical proportions in the United States.Which of the follow functions does the myth best match?

The mental characteristics of people and the way they relate to their environment and social group are called ecology.

When a sacred item or symbol is removed from its special place or is duplicated in mass quantities,then it becomes profane as a result of ________.

Explain the term "power distance" in Hofstede's Dimensions of National Culture.

According to Dennis Rook,a key aspect of a ritual is ________.

Passing a driving test to receive a driver's license is an example of a rite of passage.

Through the process of ________,objects associated with sacred events or people become sacred in their own right.

The Japanese greatly value products that make efficient use of space because of the cramped conditions in urban areas in Japan.This is an example of ________ in Japan's cultural system.

List and explain the four interrelated functions in a culture.

The aspect of a cultural system which describes the mental characteristics of a people and the way they relate to their environment and social groups is known as ________.

________ refers to the set of individuals and organizations that create and market cultural products.

Hofstede's Dimensions of National Culture organizes cross-cultural values based on power distance,individualism,masculinity,uncertainty avoidance,long-term orientation,and indulgence.